The Study of Level of Environmental Attitude of High School Students in Tehran

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor of Sociology, Ferdowsi University

2 Ph.D. Student in Sociology, Isfahan University

3 Ph.D. Student in Sociology, Ferdowsi University

4 M. A. in Sociology, Payam Noor University

Abstract

Today, environmental problems have social roots and, thus, it is important to know the attitudes of individuals about the environment. In this regard, the research with the aim of study the factors related with environmental attitude in the high school students the has been done. The statistical population of this research, were high school students of Tehran that 450 individuals were selected by using of cluster random sampling by using of Cochran formula. The research is of survey type and questionnaire is the tool of data collecting. The questionnaire Validity is of formal type and its reliability is measured using Cronbach's alpha. The results show that is benefit from informed sources and Imagination of the family's environmental performance has a significant relationship with the environmental awareness. Also environemtal awareness and environemtal values has a significant relationship with the environmental attitude. Results of regression analysis show that, according to the adjusted coefficient of determination variables in the regression equation, 18% of the variance of the dependent variable is determined by the independent variables; and environmental values, has the greatest total effect on the environmental attitude.

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