Identify Affecting Factors on Students Environmental Protection Behavior

Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify affecting factors on students environmental protection behavior (SIPB). Methods: Statistical population of this research consisted of 1480 students in Alborz agricultural technical higher education centers. A stratified random sampling method was used to select 145 student applyingCochran’s formula. The main tool to collect data was a researcher made questionnaire that Content validity of the questionnaire was approved, by a panel of experts and Exploratory factor analysis and its reliability, was confirmed by calculating Cronbach’salpha coefficient (a = 0.71- 0.83). Data was analyzed by SPSS software. Results: Results of factor analysis showed that four factors: Environmental attitudes, environmental concerns, knowledge and educational content, explained 50.92 percent of the variance inthe Protective behavior variables. Results of correlation analysis indicated a positivestatistically significant relationship between Environmental attitudes, environmental concerns, knowledge and educational content

کلیدواژه ها:

Environmental ، Behavior ، Environmental ، Attitudes ، Knowledge ، Protective behavior