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Unravelling pathways of sustainable consumption among higher education students for blue economy future using an integrated TPB-NAM and PLS-SEM-fsQCA approach

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-026-03848-9

Published Online: 2026-07-18

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Salifu, Iddrisu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1605-5941
Arthur, Francis https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7792-6563
Loglo, Eric Shynada https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1028-9630
Anaisie, Francis Tawiah https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7792-2691
Adama, Zakariya Kuupah https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3914-1427
Nortey, Sharon Abam https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9017-4440
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Article History

Received: 31 January 2026

Accepted: 10 June 2026

First Online: 18 July 2026

Declarations

Ethics approval: This study was conducted in accordance with relevant ethical guidelines and the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki (World Medical Association, 2013) as applicable to non-interventional social science survey research, with no experimental manipulation. Ethical approval was obtained from the the University of Cape Coast’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) prior to data collection.

Consent to participate: Informed consent was obtained from all participants before their involvement. Participants were fully informed of the study’s purpose, voluntary nature, and confidential handling of their responses. As all participants were higher education students aged 18 years and above, informed consent from parents or legally authorised representatives was not required.

Consent to publish: Not Applicable.

Clinical trial number: Not applicable.

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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