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Rural and urban adolescents environmental attitudes
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The worldwide intensification of environmental problems has increased political debates and educational concerns about behaviors and citizens’ responsibilities. Studying the factors and dynamics of environmental attitudes is critical for environmental behaviors. However, studies regarding environmental attitudes throughout adolescence and considering rural and urban regions are lacking. This study investigated the environmental attitudes of early and middle adolescents, comparing rural and urban regions. The sample consisted of 1,262 students (53.6% women) who completed two environmental attitude inventories: one measuring ecocentrism (sustaining environmental preservation) and another measuring anthropocentrism (sustaining environmental utilization). Urban students presented higher anthropocentric attitudes than rural students. Early adolescents scored higher on ecocentric attitudes, whereas middle adolescents scored higher on anthropocentric attitudes. Urban students increased anthropocentric attitudes from early to middle adolescence, while rural students decreased ecocentric attitudes. The findings highlight developmental and contextual differences in environmental attitudes, which have implications for education and policy. We discuss recommendations for future research.
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Adolescence Environmental attitudes Environmental education Rural and urban regions
Citation
Martins, Maria da Conceição; Veiga, Feliciano Henriques; Oliveira, Íris Martins; Veiga, Carlota Moura; Carvalho, Nuno Archer; Martínez, Isabel; Festas, Isabel. (2025). Rural and urban adolescents environmental attitudes. Estudos de Psicologia. ISSN 1982-0275. 42:1, p. 1-19
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Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Campinas