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Tiêu đề

Academic major, environmental concern, and arboretum use

Tác giả

Sherburn M.; Devlin A.S.

Năm xuất bản

2004

Source title

Journal of Environmental Education

Số trích dẫn

DOI

10.3200/JOEE.35.2.23-36

Liên kết

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-78049267619&doi=10.3200%2fJOEE.35.2.23-36&partnerID=40&md5=e4d1c7f28a0868e241a21159eae14c99

Tóm tắt

This study investigated the relationships between academic major, environmental concern, and the presence of a campus arboretum. Twenty-seven men and 43 women from a small liberal arts college, ages 18-36, completed a series of surveys including the Environmental Preference Questionnaire (EPQ), the Environmental Concern Scale (EC), and the New Ecological Paradigm scale (NEP). As hypothesized, environmental studies majors scored significantly higher on all measures of proenvironmental concern and preferences than did economics majors or students of other academic disciplines. Environmental studies majors were significantly more likely to value and to use the arboretum than were the other groups. Results are discussed in terms of the relationships between education, environmental concern, and behavior. © 2004 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Từ khóa

Academic major; Arboretum; Environmental concern; Environmental education

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