2023 Volume 49 Issue 1 Pages 21-26
The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship between nature experiences during elementary school students and later environmental consciousness (affective connection with nature, environmental attitudes, and proenvironmental behaviors). Data were collected through a questionnaire survey. Analysis of variance revealed that affective connection with nature and the frequency of pro-environmental behaviors were significantly higher, the higher the frequency of nature experiences during elementary school students. The frequency of nature experiences was not related to environmental attitudes. The region of the nature experience was not related to affective connection with nature, environmental attitudes, and pro-environmental behaviors.
