A healthy environment is a precondition for liv- ing creatures to live a healthy life. Building a healthy environment is possible only with people who are sensitive to environment where they live and who act accordingly. Today; human beings are extremely concerned about whether or not they can pass a liva- ble environment down to future generations. Partic- ularly as a result of over-population and urbanization after the industrial revolution; numerous environ- mental changes have occurred but negative out- comes have gained importance in recreational areas. This study aimed at to investigate environmental sensitivity of individuals who regularly used recrea- tional areas. In the study, the Enviromnental Sensi- tivity scale, Leisure Attitude Scale and Information Request Form were used. 662 people (fage: 21.69 $3.72; 321 Male, 341 Female) join the study who were selected using random sampling from 4 differ- ent Turkish universities. For the analyses of the data; descriptive statistics as well as One-Way ANOVA and Independent Samples T-Test and regression analysis were employed. According to findings, highest score was obtained in recommendation sub- dimension of environmental sensitivity scale whereas lowest score was obtained in personal be- havior. As participation in recreational areas in- creased, so did subscale scores in Environmental Sensitivity Scale. It may be argued that participating individuals were knowledgeable of how they could fight against environmental pollution but they were not equally able to put this knowledge into practice. There was a moderate and positive correlation be- tween envirormrental sensitivity and leisure attitude and environmental sensitivity differed in terms of gender, university types and recreational areas pre- ferred.
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