Educación ambientalitinerario en la naturaleza y su relación con conectividad, preocupaciones ambientales y conducta
- Olivos Jara, Pablo
- Aragonés Tapia, Juan Ignacio
- Navarro Carrascal, Oscar Eduardo
ISSN: 0120-0534
Año de publicación: 2013
Título del ejemplar: Psicología, educación, ambiente
Volumen: 45
Número: 3
Páginas: 503-513
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología
Resumen
Albeit there is research about basic concepts involved in environmental education, enough evidence is lacking about the experiences of contact with natural environments, so common in this field, and even less about his relationship with Connectedness with Nature, Environmental Concerns and Pro-environmental Behavior. We report results of two studies; the first involving 286 psychology students who completed a questionnaire measuring Connectedness, Concerns, Behavior and Socio-demographic and Sociocultural variables. In the second study, 40 students participated in an excursion across a natural environment, completing pre and post measures of Connectedness. The main results show that the concerns are related to demographic and socio-cultural variables such as gender, political ideology and religiosity, but not to Connectedness with Nature, which only increases after contact with a natural environment. We discuss the implications of the findings for environmental education