A Study on turkish elementary school students’ nature relatedness, environmentally responsible behaviors and motive concerns

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Environmental deterioration has reached a critical point in recent years all over the world. Children with their potential in resolution of environmental problems must be equipped with the necessary skills, knowledge, values and attitudes. Thus, this study aimed to assess (1) Turkish elementary students’ (N=1774) environmentally responsible behaviors, connections with nature (nature relatedness), and motive concerns and (2) the relationship of elementary school students’ environmental responsible behaviors with their environmental motive concerns and nature relatedness. The results indicated that these students reflected an external, nature-related worldview. Regarding their behaviors, it was revealed that the elementary students frequently engaged in some actions linked to physical and economic contribution. However, these students did not demonstrate some actions on political commitment although they were very concerned about the environmental issues. It was found out that their feelings of concern were highly depending on their egoistic motives. The results of multiple linear regression analysis revealed that elementary school students’ environmentally responsible behaviors could be predicted by the motive concerns and nature relatedness

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Environmental protection, Environmentalism, Learning, Psychology of.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/25450

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F. Bahar, “A Study on turkish elementary school students’ nature relatedness, environmentally responsible behaviors and motive concerns,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2015.