Middle School Students’ Attitudes towards the Environment and Factors Affecting their Attitudes
International journal of caring sciences, 2022 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Publication Date: 2022
- Journal Name: International journal of caring sciences
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Objective: This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted to determine middle school students’
attitudes towards the environment and the factors affecting their attitudes.
Method: The study using the simple random sampling and sample was 720 students. Data were collected with
Sociodemographic Characteristics Questionnaire and Environmental Attitude Scale (EAS). Mean, percentage, ttests, variance analysis (One-Way ANOVA), were used in the analysis.
Results: Of the environmental issues, the ones which drew the students’ attention most were the protection of
animals (75.2%) and afforestation (65.0%) whereas the ones they considered as the most important were the
environmental pollution (65.9%) and air pollution (60.5%). The students obtained the lowest (X̄= 3.1870) and
highest (X̄=4.3172) mean scores from the 3rd and 7th items of the EAS respectively.
Conclusions: It was determined that the participating students' attitudes towards the environment were positive in
general, and that the participants at whose homes environmental issues are talked displayed more positive attitudes
Keywords: Environment, Middle school, Student, Environmental Attitude Scale, Education