A cross age study was conducted to investigate 6th, 7th and 8th grade students&rsquo / value orientations, environmental optimism, and environmental concern. In addition,
gender and grade level differences in the environmental-related attributes were
examined.
A total of 938 (491 girls and 447 boys) students attending public schools
located in Kelkit, the district of Gumushane, were administered a questionnaire
consisting of Demographics, Environmental Attitudes and Apathy Scales,
Environmental Concern Scale , Environmental Optimism Scale, Locus of Control
Scale and Conservation Behavior Scale.
In general, students who participated in the current study found to endorse
eco-centric attitudes, and express a high degree of concern as well as optimism level
about the current and future state of the environmental issues and problems. They
also seemed to be interested in environmental issues and problems and perceived
environmental problems as one of the two or three most important problems
currently being faced.
In order to examine the role of gender and grade level on students&rsquo / environmental attitudes, two separate two-way MANOVAs were conducted. The
results revealed a statistically significant gender and grade level differences both on students&rsquo / ecocentric, apathy and anthropocentric attitudes and on students&rsquo / environmental optimism and concern levels.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612870/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 December 2010 |
| Creators | Eryigit, Arzu |
| Contributors | Tekkaya, Ceren |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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