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https://doi.org/10.32779/gf.6.4.2

Environmental values of students and overcoming ecological imbalance

Esved Kajtaz orcid.org/0009-0008-1806-0999 ; Univerzitet "Džemal Bijedić" u Mostaru, Nastavnički fakultet, Sjeverni logor bb, Mostar, Bosna i Hercegovina.
Esmera Kajtaz orcid.org/0009-0001-9347-5683 ; Studentica III ciklusa studija – Farmaceutska istraživanja, Univerzitet u Sarajevu Farmaceutski fakultet, Zmaja od Bosne 8, Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegovina *

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Abstract

The rapid development of technology, excessive needs of society, inadequate care for the human environment are some of the reasons for the emergence and increase of ecological imbalance. The aim of this research was to determine the student's awareness of the negative effects of ecological imbalance and to examine their ecological values. The research participants were students of the Dzemal Bijedic University in Mostar from various faculties, and the total number of respondents was 367 (N=376). The instruments used in this work were: a scale of ecological values and an independently created questionnaire related to ecology (attitude towards the human environment, proper use of natural resources, and thinking about the future). The results of the first hypothesis of the research showed that there is no statistically significant difference in ecological values with regard to the quality of the relationship to the environment (Sig. = 0.190>0.05). The results of the second research hypothesis showed that there is no statistically significant difference in ecological values with
regard to awareness of the proper use of natural resources (Sig. = 0.221>0.05). Also, the results of the third hypothesis of the research also showed that there is no statistically significant difference in environmental values considering the willingness of students to positively affect the human environment in order to make the future better (Sig. = 0.340>0.05). Finally, in the last hypothesis, there is a statistically significant difference in environmental values considering whether students think about the future or future generations. (Sig. = 0.00<0.05).

Keywords

: ecological imbalance, ecological value, students.

Hrčak ID:

312991

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/312991

Publication date:

31.12.2023.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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