Relationships between proenvironmental attitudes and concepts of nature

The author investigated relationships between proenvironmental attitudes an d concepts of nature. Proenvironmental attitudes were measured on a 5-point scale containing 27 items. The author developed a 5-point scale containing 20 items to assess concepts of nature. The author administered those 2 sca les to 140 young adults and adolescents at 2 Japanese institutions of highe r education, An investigation of 6 proenvironmental attitudes and 20 concep ts of nature showed some significant relationships. Factor analysis of the 20 concepts of nature produced 2 factors: Positive Evaluation of Nature and Rejection of Manipulation of Human Life. Most relationships were significa nt between the scores for the 6 proenvironmental attitudes and those for th e 2 factors of concepts of nature.