Determining University Students' Thoughts About Global Warming and Its Effect on Solastalgia

Yeşim Ceylantekin; Selman Çördük; Zehra Kaçar; Şeyma Deveci; Emine Bağardı; Merve Duman

Article Details

Determining University Students' Thoughts About Global Warming and Its Effect on Solastalgia

Authors:

Yeşim Ceylantekin | Selman Çördük | Zehra Kaçar | Şeyma Deveci | Emine Bağardı | Merve Duman

Publisher:

Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University

Main Topics:

Halk Sağlığı Hemşireliği

Journal:

TOGÜ Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi Vol.5 Issue 2, pp.170-185

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2025

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001349596

pISSN:

2791-8653

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Abstract:

 Aim: Problems arising from the increase in global warming climate change, loss of natural life, etc. largely affect our lives. This article was conducted to determine university students thoughts about global warming and its effects on solastalgia. Method: The study was conducted as a descriptive study for students studying in the nursing department of a university between 13.04.2023-13.08.2023. 250 volunteer students participated in the research. The data obtained was analyzed with the SPSS 22.0 statistical package program. Chi-square test, Man Whitney U test and Pearson correlation analysis were used in statistical analyses. Sociodemographic introductory form, Global Warming Perception and Opinion Determination Scale, Climate Change Anxiety Scale and Global Warming Knowledge Determination Scale were used to collect the data. Data was collected through online Google forms. Ethics committee approval and informed consent were obtained from the students for the study. Results: The average age of the students is 20.100.69. 99.2 of the students stated that they had heard of the term global warming. It was determined that 83.6 of the students did not receive education on global warming. Students evaluated their knowledge level about global warming as poor 66.4.More than half have changed their behavior in daily life to prevent global warming 52.8. It was determined that cognitive impairment, one of the sub-dimensions of the Climate Change Anxiety Scale, was higher in students. There is a statistically significant difference between students gender and their knowledge about climate change anxiety and global warming, between class variables and climate change anxiety, and between working status and global warming perceptions and opinions p0.005. Most of the students have heard the term global warming. However, since most of them have not received training on this subject, more than half of them consider their current knowledge insufficient. Conclusion: in this study, it was determined that students climate change anxiety was higher among male students and employees. There was a relationship between hearing the term global warming and climate change anxiety and knowledge about global warming, and global warming affected climate change anxiety by causing emotional and existential distress. The high level of climate change anxiety among those who have not heard of the term global warming reveals the importance of increasing education, course content and projects on this subject.

 Aim: Problems arising from the increase in global warming climate change, loss of natural life, etc. largely affect our lives. This article was conducted to determine university students thoughts about global warming and its effects on solastalgia. Method: The study was conducted as a descriptive study for students studying in the nursing department of a university between 13.04.2023-13.08.2023. 250 volunteer students participated in the research. The data obtained was analyzed with the SPSS 22.0 statistical package program. Chi-square test, Man Whitney U test and Pearson correlation analysis were used in statistical analyses. Sociodemographic introductory form, Global Warming Perception and Opinion Determination Scale, Climate Change Anxiety Scale and Global Warming Knowledge Determination Scale were used to collect the data. Data was collected through online Google forms. Ethics committee approval and informed consent were obtained from the students for the study. Results: The average age of the students is 20.100.69. 99.2 of the students stated that they had heard of the term global warming. It was determined that 83.6 of the students did not receive education on global warming. Students evaluated their knowledge level about global warming as poor 66.4.More than half have changed their behavior in daily life to prevent global warming 52.8. It was determined that cognitive impairment, one of the sub-dimensions of the Climate Change Anxiety Scale, was higher in students. There is a statistically significant difference between students gender and their knowledge about climate change anxiety and global warming, between class variables and climate change anxiety, and between working status and global warming perceptions and opinions p0.005. Most of the students have heard the term global warming. However, since most of them have not received training on this subject, more than half of them consider their current knowledge insufficient. Conclusion: in this study, it was determined that students climate change anxiety was higher among male students and employees. There was a relationship between hearing the term global warming and climate change anxiety and knowledge about global warming, and global warming affected climate change anxiety by causing emotional and existential distress. The high level of climate change anxiety among those who have not heard of the term global warming reveals the importance of increasing education, course content and projects on this subject.

 Aim: Problems arising from the increase in global warming climate change, loss of natural life, etc. largely affect our lives. This article was conducted to determine university students thoughts about global warming and its effects on solastalgia. Method: The study was conducted as a descriptive study for students studying in the nursing department of a university between 13.04.2023-13.08.2023. 250 volunteer students participated in the research. The data obtained was analyzed with the SPSS 22.0 statistical package program. Chi-square test, Man Whitney U test and Pearson correlation analysis were used in statistical analyses. Sociodemographic introductory form, Global Warming Perception and Opinion Determination Scale, Climate Change Anxiety Scale and Global Warming Knowledge Determination Scale were used to collect the data. Data was collected through online Google forms. Ethics committee approval and informed consent were obtained from the students for the study. Results: The average age of the students is 20.100.69. 99.2 of the students stated that they had heard of the term global warming. It was determined that 83.6 of the students did not receive education on global warming. Students evaluated their knowledge level about global warming as poor 66.4.More than half have changed their behavior in daily life to prevent global warming 52.8. It was determined that cognitive impairment, one of the sub-dimensions of the Climate Change Anxiety Scale, was higher in students. There is a statistically significant difference between students gender and their knowledge about climate change anxiety and global warming, between class variables and climate change anxiety, and between working status and global warming perceptions and opinions p0.005. Most of the students have heard the term global warming. However, since most of them have not received training on this subject, more than half of them consider their current knowledge insufficient. Conclusion: in this study, it was determined that students climate change anxiety was higher among male students and employees. There was a relationship between hearing the term global warming and climate change anxiety and knowledge about global warming, and global warming affected climate change anxiety by causing emotional and existential distress. The high level of climate change anxiety among those who have not heard of the term global warming reveals the importance of increasing education, course content and projects on this subject.

 Amaç: Küresel ısınmanın artması ile oluşan sorunlar iklim değişikliği, canlı yaşamının doğallığını kaybetmesi vb. yaşantımızı büyük ölçüde etkilemektedir. Bu makale üniversite öğrencilerinin küresel ısınmaya yönelik düşünceleri ve solastaljiye etkilerini belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Yöntem: Çalışma, 13.04.2023-13.08.2023 tarihleri arasında bir üniversitenin hemşirelik bölümünde okuyan öğrencilere yönelik tanımlayıcı olarak yapılmıştır. Araştırmaya 250 gönüllü öğrenci katılmıştır. Elde edilen veriler SPSS 22.0 istatistik paket programı ile analiz edilmiştir. İstatistiksel analizlerde ki-kare testi, Kruskal Wallis, Man Whitney U testi yapılmıştır. Verilerin toplanmasında Sosyodemografik tanıtıcı form, Küresel Isınma Algı ve Görüş Belirleme Ölçeği, İklim Değişikliği Anksiyetesi Ölçeği ve Küresel Isınmaya Yönelik Bilgi Belirleme Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Veriler online Google formlar aracılığı ile toplanmıştır. Çalışma için etik kurul izni ve öğrencilerden bilgilendirilmiş onam alınmıştır. Bulgular: Öğrencilerin yaş ortalaması 20.100.69 dur. Öğrencilerin 99.2si küresel ısınma terimini duyduğunu ifade etmiştir. Öğrencilerin küresel ısınma konusunda 83.6sının eğitim almadığı belirlenmiştir. Öğrenciler küresel ısınma hakkındaki bilgi düzeylerini kötü olarak değerlendirmiştir 66.4. Yarıdan fazlası küresel ısınmayı önlemek için günlük hayatındaki davranışlarını değiştirmiştir 52.8. İklim Değişikliği Anksiyetesi Ölçeği alt boyutlarından bilişsel bozulma öğrencilerde daha yüksek oranda olduğu belirlenmiştir. Öğrencilerin cinsiyetleri ile İklim değişikliği anksiyetesi ve küresel ısınmaya yönelik bilgileri arasında, sınıf değişkenleri ile iklim değişikliği anksiyetesi arasında, çalışma durumu ile küresel ısınma algı ve görüşleri, istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark bulunmaktadır p0.005. Öğrencilerin çoğu küresel ısınma terimini duymuştur. Ancak büyük kısmı bu konuda eğitim almadığı için yarıdan fazlası mevcut bilgisini yetersiz görmektedir. Sonuç: Bu çalışmada öğrencilerin iklim değişikliği anksiyetesi erkek öğrencilerde, çalışanlarda yüksek olduğu belirlenmiştir. Küresel ısınma terimini duyma durumu ile iklim değişikliği anksiyetesi ve küresel ısınmaya yönelik bilgileri arasında ve küresel ısınma durumu duygusal ve varoluşsal sıkıntı yaratma durumu ile iklim değişikliği anksiyetesini etkilemiştir. Küresel ısınma terimini duymayanlarda iklim değişikliği anksiyetesinin yüksek çıkması bu konuda eğitim, ders içeriği, projelerin arttırılmasının önemini ortaya koymaktadır.

Article Details

Determining University Students' Thoughts About Global Warming and Its Effect on Solastalgia

Authors:

Yeşim Ceylantekin | Selman Çördük | Zehra Kaçar | Şeyma Deveci | Emine Bağardı | Merve Duman

Publisher:

Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University

Main Topics:

Halk Sağlığı Hemşireliği

Journal:

TOGÜ Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi Vol.5 Issue 2, pp.170-185

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2025

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001349596

pISSN:

2791-8653

nursing student

global warming

solastalgiaHemşirelik öğrencisi

küresel ısınma

solastalgia

Issues

Article Details

Determining University Students' Thoughts About Global Warming and Its Effect on Solastalgia

Authors: Yeşim Ceylantekin | Selman Çördük | Zehra Kaçar | Şeyma Deveci | Emine Bağardı | Merve Duman

Publisher: Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University

Main Topics: Halk Sağlığı Hemşireliği

Journal: TOGÜ Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi Vol.5 Issue 2, pp.170-185

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 5/2025

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2001349596

pISSN: 2791-8653

nursing student

global warming

solastalgiaHemşirelik öğrencisi

küresel ısınma

solastalgia

Issues

Authors:

Yeşim Ceylantekin | Selman Çördük | Zehra Kaçar | Şeyma Deveci | Emine Bağardı | Merve Duman

Publisher:

Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University

Main Topics:

Halk Sağlığı Hemşireliği

Journal:

TOGÜ Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi Vol.5 Issue 2, pp.170-185

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2025

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001349596

pISSN:

2791-8653