Comparative Analysis of Environmental Attitude of Agricultural Students of Yasouj University, Iran

A survey research method with questionnaire tool was employed in this study to compare environmental attitude of agricultural students of Yasouj University. There were three educational departments in B.S. level during this study (2010). Sampling procedure was stratified random sampling. Respondents were selected from two strata of freshman and senior agricultural students. Accordingly, 107 freshman and 87 senior students received questionnaires containing New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) standard scale, and closed questions. Findings showed that in spite of concerning agricultural students about environmental issues, they had low contact to environmental information resources. Furthermore, there was no significant difference between freshman and senior students in their level of environmental attitude. The result of the multiple regression revealed that 19 percent of variability in environmental attitude was expressed by sex, course passed, educational level, and social welfare.