Open AccessEnvironmental Awareness in University Students According to Gender and Age
Author(s) -
Jéssica Paola Palacios Garay,
Jenny Marianella Zavaleta Oliver,
Julio Javier Montano Barbuda,
Luis Alberto Torres García,
Mitchell Alberto Alarcón Díaz,
July Rivera-Zamudio
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
webology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.259
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 1735-188X
DOI - 10.14704/web/v19i1/web19129
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , likert scale , psychology , scale (ratio) , sample (material) , applied psychology , social psychology , medical education , developmental psychology , medicine , geography , psychometrics , chemistry , cartography , chromatography
Environmental awareness is the constant articulation that exists between man and his environment. For this, the human being relies on his experiences, wisdom and praxis. The objective was to describe the levels of environmental awareness of students of the health career. The approach was quantitative, of a substantive type and a non-experimental, transactional design. For this study, the sample consisted of 500 students drawn through probability sampling. The technique used was the survey and the instruments were the questionnaire on a Likert scale, Cronbach's alpha. Regarding the conclusion, it was found that 45.8% of all students presented unacceptable levels of environmental awareness. Of 20 years, 42% of the female gender presented an unacceptable level of environmental awareness, while men, 28.2% of unacceptable level of environmental awareness. From 21 to 23 years old, 11.4% presented an unacceptable level. Regarding students over 24 years of age, 6.2% presented an unacceptable level.