A Scale Development Study on the Attitudes of Sustainable Development

dc.contributor.authorKaya, Mehmet Fatih
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-24T19:33:09Z
dc.date.available2024-12-24T19:33:09Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.departmentSiirt Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study is to develop a measuring tool so as to determine the attitudes of students in secondary schools on sustainable development. The working group of this study is composed of 304 students, 133 (44%) girls and 171 (56%) boys, who study in various secondary schools in Siirt city center in 2012 - 2013 educational year. Data were collected by a 23-item The Attitude Scale for the Sustainable Development developed as a result of literature survey and content analysis of compositions about the appropriate behaviors for 'Sustainable Environment', 'Sustainable Economy' and 'Social Sustainability ' written by eight students in secondary schools. To the data gathered was applied an exploratory factor analysis. 21 items with the construct validity were included in the final form of the scale. It was found that there were three factors; namely, social sustainability, environmental sustainability and economical sustainability, in the scale. The Cronbach's Alpha internal consistency of the scale was calculated when the final form appeared. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the construct validity of the three - dimensional scale.
dc.identifier.endpage193
dc.identifier.issn1303-2429
dc.identifier.issn2147-7825
dc.identifier.issue28
dc.identifier.startpage175
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12604/7988
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000443100100008
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isotr
dc.publisherMarmara Univ
dc.relation.ispartofMarmara Geographical Review
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241222
dc.subjectSustainable developoment
dc.subjectenvironmental sustainability
dc.subjectsocial sustainability
dc.subjecteconomical sustainability
dc.subjectscale development
dc.titleA Scale Development Study on the Attitudes of Sustainable Development
dc.typeArticle

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