The
inhabitable environment for all living beings is the first condition of the
continuity of life in the world. The environment is an indispensable setting
for all individuals and the damage to the environment is of utmost importance
to every sector. The increase in population and the environmental problems it
brings are forcing countries to take measures and to raise more environmentalist
individuals. In particular, environmental degradation done involuntarily and
wastes resulting from excessive consumption pose a big problem. Although the
environment is a setting where all creatures live together, the greatest impact
is made by human beings.
Studies on
environmental issues often focus on educational environments including
educators and students. However, all positive or negative environmental activities
are followed carefully by the whole society. It is known that individuals'
attitudes towards the environment are generally either human-centred (Anthropocentric) or
environment-centred (Ecocentric), or
totally anti-environmental. This study was applied to 300 personnel working in different
branches of the public sector in order to determine which of these three
attitudes they are more inclined to, and what demographic characteristics
affect them. The applied questionnaire is a 7-scale Likert type with 27
articles consisting of 12 articles that measure environmental-centred
attitudes, 8 articles that measure human-centred attitudes, and 7 articles that
measure antipathetic attitudes towards the environment. In addition, more
detailed information about the individuals was obtained by applying another
questionnaire with demographic features. It has been determined that ecocentric
attitudes in governmental officials’ behaviours towards the environment is
higher. In antipathetic attitudes towards the environment, on the other hand,
the situation is in favour of males. There was no significant difference
observed in the environment-related ecocentric and anthropocentric attitudes in
the place of residence variable.
Environmental behaviour anthropocentric and ecocentric attitudes
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Bölüm | Research Papers |
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 8 Haziran 2019 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2019 Cilt: 9 Sayı: 2 |