Environment, Environmental Contamination
Conditions
Brief summary
This study was conducted to determine the effects of an environmentally-based education program implemented for adolescents on their environmentally friendly behaviors and ecological footprint awareness. Research Hypotheses Adolescents who received an environmentally-based education program aimed at developing environmentally friendly behaviors and increasing their ecological footprint awareness compared to the control group: H1-0: There is no difference in terms of environmentally friendly behavior levels. H2-0: There is no difference in terms of ecological footprint awareness levels. The Environment-Based Education Program, consisting of three weeks and three sessions, was implemented for the intervention group students.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALEnvironmentally Based Education Program
Week One: Environment and Environmental Problems: The first week of the Environmentally Based Education Program aimed to equip participants with the skills to assess the causes of environmental problems and their potential consequences, as well as to help them develop solutions to combat environmental problems. Week Two: Developing Environmentally Friendly Behaviors: The second week of the Environmentally Based Education Program aimed to assess what environmentally friendly behaviors are and what can be done to improve them. Week Three: Ecological Footprint Awareness: The third week of the Environmentally Based Education Program aimed to evaluate the literal meaning of ecological footprint and what can be done to raise awareness on this issue.
Sponsors
Selcuk University
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
15 Years to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* 10th grade students, ability to speak and understand Turkish
Exclusion criteria
* Previous environmental education, any communication skills, or a medically diagnosed mental illness
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Environmentally Friendly Behavior Scale | Week after intervention | The scale, developed to determine participants' environmentally friendly behaviors, consists of a total of 26 items on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (Not at all) to 5 (A lot). The environmentally friendly behavior scale is rated as 26-46 points is very low, 47-67 points is low, 68-88 points is moderate, 89-109 points is high, and 110-130 points is very high. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ecological Footprint Awareness Scale | Week after intervention | It aims to determine ecological footprint awareness levels. The scale consists of 46 questions across five subscales: food, transportation and shelter, energy, waste, and water consumption. The third item on the 5-point Likert-type scale is reverse-scored. As the score on the scale increases, so does the level of ecological footprint awareness. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed