Perceived vulnerability to disease predicts environmental attitudes
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Perceived vulnerability to disease predicts environmental attitudes
Original language description
Investigating predictors of environmental attitudes may bring valuable benefits in terms of improving public awareness about biodiversity degradation and increased pro-environmental behaviour. Here we used an evolutionary approach to study environmentalattitudes based on disease-threat model. We hypothesized that people vulnerable to diseases may ultimately protect themselves by increasing pro-environmental efforts. Indeed, school children who perceived themselves to be vulnerable to diseases had better pro-environmental attitudes than their less disease vulnerable counterparts. Disease sensitive children showed greater beliefs to myths about owls and cuckoos, but myths did not correlate with environmental attitudes. Children from rural areas and girls showed greater environmental concerns than males and children from cities.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AM - Pedagogy and education
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Eurasia Journal of Mathematics Science and Technology Education
ISSN
1305-8215
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
10
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
TR - TURKEY
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
3-11
UT code for WoS article
000335382100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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