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ERIC Number: EJ578269
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0095-8964
Perception of Environmental Risk Related to Gender, Community Socioeconomic Setting, Age, and Locus of Control.
Riechard, Donald E.; Peterson, Sandra J.
Journal of Environmental Education, v30 n1 p11-19 Fall 1998
Examines how students' perception of risk for 20 environmental hazards are related to gender, community socioeconomic setting, age, and locus of control. The sample was drawn from a large metropolitan area in the southeast. Females had significantly higher risk-perception scores than males. Participants with an internal locus of control posted the highest risk-perception scores. Contains 44 references. (PVD)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Hazardous Materials, Locus of Control, Metropolitan Areas, Racial Differences, Risk, Sex Differences, Socioeconomic Influences, Student Surveys, World Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Environmental Health; Environmental Problems; Environmental Risk Assessment; Hazards