Considering the serious environmental threats facing Egypt, environmental education (EE) that provides the knowledge, skills, and motivation to take individual or collective action is needed to create a sustainable quality of life. This study was carried out aiming at measuring the level of environmental knowledge among preparatory school students in Alexandria, determining their attitudes towa...

Improving the Attitudes of Tehrani Preschool Teachers towards the Environment through Teaching N. Moosavi, Ph.D.* M. Sharifiaan Saani, Ph.D.** G. Ghaa’edAmini Haarooni, Ph.D.*** S. Sanaaye’ Goldooz, Ph.D.**** A. Darvishi***** F. Ghamarzaad Shishvaan******   Given the environmental crises, it is necessary to help citizens with the improvement of their attitudes. Attitudes, or predispos...

Clinicians regularly assess, diagnose and manage illnesses which are directly or indirectly linked to environmental exposures. Yet, various studies have identified gaps in environmental assessment in routine clinical practice. This review assessed clinicians' environmental health practices, attitudes and beliefs, and competencies and training. Relevant articles were sought using a systematic se...

This study aimed to develop a valid and reliable instrument to be used for measuring high school students’ attitudes toward environment and its applications. Data gathered from 350 high school students provided evidence for the validity and reliability of the new instrument which consists of 35 attitude items on a four point Likert type scale. Results of the factor analysis with varimax rotatio...

The present study attempts to study the level of environmental awareness and attitudes towards environmental education among Secondary School students of Golaghat district in the state of Assam. The sample consisted of 200 students which includes 100 boys and 100 girls. The Descriptive Survey Method was employed for the present study. Environmental awareness, attitude and socio-economic scale w...

Data from the environment modules of the International Social Survey Programme in 1993, 2000, and 2010 were analyzed to explore attitudinal dimensions, trends and significant predictors of public and private behavior in the Philippines. Factor analyses of attitude items indicate a consistent grouping of negatively connoted perceptions towards nature and science in the three datasets. A series o...

Global changes in eating attitudes were examined prospectively across pregnancy and 4 months postpartum in a sample of 90 women. In addition, specific changes in dieting behavior and weight/shape satisfaction were assessed at 4 months postpartum for concurrent and retrospective time points. Measures included the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) and weight/shape satisfaction in pregnancy and at 4 mon...