The Effect of an Environmentally Based Education Program on Environmentally Friendly Behaviors

November 14, 2025 updated by: Busra Altinel, Selcuk University

The Effect of an Environmentally Based Education Program on Adolescents' Environmentally Friendly Behaviors and Ecological Footprint Awareness: A Quasi-Experimental Study

This study was conducted to determine the effects of an environmentally-based education program implemented for adolescents on their environmentally friendly behaviors and ecological footprint awareness.

Research Hypotheses

Adolescents who received an environmentally-based education program aimed at developing environmentally friendly behaviors and increasing their ecological footprint awareness compared to the control group:

H1-0: There is no difference in terms of environmentally friendly behavior levels.

H2-0: There is no difference in terms of ecological footprint awareness levels. The Environment-Based Education Program, consisting of three weeks and three sessions, was implemented for the intervention group students.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

104

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey (Türkiye)
    • Selçuklu
      • Konya, Selçuklu, Turkey (Türkiye), 42130
        • Selcuk University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 10th grade students, ability to speak and understand Turkish

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Previous environmental education, any communication skills, or a medically diagnosed mental illness

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention
The Environment-Based Education Program, consisting of three weeks and three sessions, was implemented for the intervention group students.
Behavioral: Environmentally Based Education Program

Week One: "Environment and Environmental Problems": The first week of the Environmentally Based Education Program aimed to equip participants with the skills to assess the causes of environmental problems and their potential consequences, as well as to help them develop solutions to combat environmental problems.

Week Two: "Developing Environmentally Friendly Behaviors": The second week of the Environmentally Based Education Program aimed to assess what environmentally friendly behaviors are and what can be done to improve them.

Week Three: "Ecological Footprint Awareness": The third week of the Environmentally Based Education Program aimed to evaluate the literal meaning of "ecological footprint" and what can be done to raise awareness on this issue.
No Intervention: Control
No intervention was implemented

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Environmentally Friendly Behavior Scale
Time Frame: Week after intervention
The scale, developed to determine participants' environmentally friendly behaviors, consists of a total of 26 items on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (Not at all) to 5 (A lot). The environmentally friendly behavior scale is rated as "26-46 points is very low," "47-67 points is low," "68-88 points is moderate," "89-109 points is high," and "110-130 points is very high."
Week after intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Ecological Footprint Awareness Scale
Time Frame: Week after intervention
It aims to determine ecological footprint awareness levels. The scale consists of 46 questions across five subscales: food, transportation and shelter, energy, waste, and water consumption. The third item on the 5-point Likert-type scale is reverse-scored. As the score on the scale increases, so does the level of ecological footprint awareness.
Week after intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Selcuk University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 22, 2024

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 24, 2024

Study Completion (Actual)

May 24, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 13, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 14, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

November 17, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 17, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 14, 2025

Last Verified

November 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 24202023

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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