Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Predicts Environmental Attitudes

Prokop, Pavol; Kubiatko, Milan

doi:10.12973/eurasia.2014.1017a

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“…The indirect influence on perceived vulnerability to disease and the concept level was confirmed in other studies (e.g. Gerrard, Gibbons, & Bushman, 1996;Prokop, & Kubiatko, 2014;Prokop, Usak, & Fancovicova, 2010;Timmermans et al, 2008). It can be assumed that people who have a perceived vulnerability to disease are more interested in diseases, in the origin of every disease, have more knowledge about bacteria and viruses and also about every possibility of being endangered by diseases in outside as well as also inside environment.…”

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The Influence of Selected Variables on Lower Secondary School Students’ Concepts About Diseases

Fančovičová

Kubiatko

2019

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Children's concept of biological phenomena differs from scientific thought in many aspects. The revelation of wrong concepts contributes to better education, especially when that information is described in a specific field of science. Not only children, but also adults often use anthropomorphic and theological explanations to express their ideas, which confirm their lack of understanding of biological phenomena. A great deal of research has proved retaining of children's misconceptions in the fields of zoology and botany. How accurate, however, are their ideas about organisms of a microscopic size? The aim of the research was to find out the influence of selected factors (perceived vulnerability, grade, gender and type of group) on concepts about diseases among lower secondary school students. The research sample consisted of 400 students of lower secondary education from Slovakia. Data were collected through Likert type questionnaires. The correlation was found between perceived vulnerability to diseases, age and concepts about diseases. The statistically significant difference in the results between boys and girls was not confirmed. The higher impact should be aimed at their importance for humans and nature for a better understanding of this concept.

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The Influence of Selected Variables on Lower Secondary School Students’ Concepts About Diseases

Fančovičová

Kubiatko

2019

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“…This paradox suggests that some unknown factors beyond our measures influences gender differences in the attitude toward frogs. Perhaps greater environmental concerns found in females (Prokop & Kubiatko, 2014;Zelezny, Chua, & Aldrich, 2000) may at least partially explain this phenomenon. Another possibility is that females avoid touching frogs because they are more disgust sensitive which promotes avoidant behaviour.…”

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Tolerance of Frogs among High School Students: Influences of Disgust and Culture

Prokop

Medina-Jerez

Coleman

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EURASIA J MATH SCI T

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Amphibians play an important role in the functioning of ecosystems and some of them inhabit human gardens where they can successfully reproduce. The decline of amphibian diversity worldwide suggests that people may play a crucial role in their survival. We conducted a cross-cultural study on high school students' tolerance of frogs in Chile, Slovakia, South Africa and Turkey (n = 655 high school students). We found that about 6 % of students reported active killing of frogs and 30 % reported moving frogs away from their home gardens. Pathogen disgust negatively correlated with frog tolerance suggesting that people who are more sensitive to pathogen conoting cues are less tolerant toward frogs. Tolerance of frogs in parents or other family members appears to significantly influence student tolerance of frogs. Females tended to show higher tolerance of frogs than males. This study highlights the importance of the emotion of disgust in human willingness to protect frogs from a cross-cultural perspective.

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“…One way to interpret gender differences may discuss the greater female concerns about environmental degradation. Females usually report a greater environmental concern and greater proenvironmental behavior than males (McMillan, Hoba, Clifford, & Brant, 1999;Shobeiri, Omidvar, & Prahallada, 2006;Prokop & Kubiatko, 2014;Zelezny, Chua, & Aldrich, 2000). Thus, they would express greater interest in animals, especially those that are endangered.…”

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Interest in Birds and its Relationship with Attitudes and Myths: A Cross-cultural Study in Countries with Different Levels of Economic Development

Hummel

Özel

Medina-Jerez³

et al. 2015

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Birds are one of the most important species that can help protect biodiversity. Although birds are important beings for biodiversity and human existence, there is a relatively less quantity of research that has investigated the interest in and attitudes toward birds. This study aims to investigate the knowledge level of and attitudes toward birds among students in countries at different levels of economic development. To collect the data, a Bird Knowledge Questionnaire and a Bird Attitude Questionnaire were developed and used by the researchers in this study. These questionnaires were administered to a total of 852 students from different countries, including Colombia, Germany, Slovakia, and Turkey. The results obtained in this study showed that Colombian students had the highest interest in birds as compared to students in Slovakia, Turkey, and Germany. Girls had consistently higher interest in birds than boys in all countries, but there were no gender differences in the cognitive domain. Our research suggests that factual knowledge about birds is not a necessary prerequisite for interest in birds, but animal-related activities show strong associations with an interest in birds.

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Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Predicts Environmental Attitudes

Cited by 23 publications

References 45 publications

The Influence of Selected Variables on Lower Secondary School Students’ Concepts About Diseases

The Influence of Selected Variables on Lower Secondary School Students’ Concepts About Diseases

Tolerance of Frogs among High School Students: Influences of Disgust and Culture

Interest in Birds and its Relationship with Attitudes and Myths: A Cross-cultural Study in Countries with Different Levels of Economic Development

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