نوع مقاله : پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 استاد گروه جامعه شناسی دانشکده حقوق و علوم اجتماعی دانشگاه تبریز
2 دانشیار گروه جامعهشناسی، دانشکده علوم اجتماعی، دانشگاه تبریز، تبریز، ایران
3 دانشجو دکتری، جامعهشناسی اقتصادی و توسعه، دانشکده علوم اجتماعی، دانشگاه تبریز، تبریز، ایران
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عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
Abstract
This study aims to explain the relationships among connectedness with nature, institutionalized cultural capital, and environmental socialization. The theoretical framework is grounded in the interconnection of the body, nature, and society, drawing on systems theory and the perspective of eco-socialization. The research employed a quantitative, survey-based design. The statistical population consisted of 520 students from the University of Tabriz during the 2023–2024 academic year. Data were collected through a researcher-designed questionnaire containing scales for connectedness with nature, institutionalized cultural capital, and environmental socialization. The reliability of the instruments was confirmed with Cronbach’s alpha coefficients ranging from 0.54 to 0.80.
The results of structural equation modeling revealed that connectedness with nature had a positive and significant relationship with the eco-centered and object-centered dimensions of environmental socialization, but a negative relationship with the anthropocentric and bio-centered dimensions. These findings suggest that embodied and affective experiences of nature reduce dominative attitudes and strengthen tangible pro-environmental behaviors. Conversely, institutionalized cultural capital was positively related to anthropocentric dimensions and negatively to eco-centered and object-centered dimensions, indicating that formal education tends to reproduce rational and controlling orientations toward nature.
Overall, the study demonstrates that reconstructing environmental socialization requires integrating lived experience with a transformation of science-based attitudes in order to foster a deep and enduring human–nature connection.
This study, in terms of purpose, is applied and regarding data collection method, is descriptive-survey. The statistical population included all students of the University of Tabriz in the 2023-2024 academic year (19,764 people). Using multi-stage cluster sampling, a sample of 566 people was selected. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire consisting of three scales
Keywords: Connection with nature, environmental socialization, embodiment, institutionalized cultural capital, ecocentricity
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