Abstract
The research aimed to know the reasons of negative environmental behavior of students at Mosul university. The sample consisted of (285) students from six colleges at the university of Mosul . The questionnaire is used for collecting data from the sample individuals . The instrument is composed of (25) items which were prepared as suggested reasons for negative environmental behavior .
The scale of the instrument consisted of three responses (regarded as main reason – regarded as secondary reason – not regarded as reason).
Face validity and test – retest reliability method were used .The reliability factor is 0.85 and the percentage weight was used for ranking the items of the questionnaire .
The result revealed that all the items accepted by the students excluded one item which had percentage weight less than 50%
The researcher analyzed the first ten items which had 70% percentage weight and more .
The first five reasons for the negative environmental behavior according to the students point of view are :
- The local community does not care for the environment .
- Lack of environment awareness of the university students
- Carelessness of the students towards the environment issues .
- The students observation for bad dealing with the environment especially in the streets roads and public gardens
- The lack of guidance programs in the university .
According to the results many suggestions and recommendations were made:
-The reasons which were identified by the sample individuals should be taken into consideration in planning by the university administration
- Planning guidance program to develop the environmental culture among the students
- Activate the modern teaching methods and include topics related to the environmental issues in graduation projects .
