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HOW DO STUDENTS PERCEIVE THE WORLD OF WILD ANIMALS AND NATURE? OR ABOUT THE BAMBI SYNDROME IN THE Z GENERATION
Arleta HREHOROWICZ1, Krzysztof KLIMASZEWSKI 2
Publication language: Polish
scientific paper
Transformations No. 3(126)2025, Publication date: 30 September 2025
Keywords: bambinizm, Bami effect, Bambi syndrome, Generation Z, students
Abstract The subject of this analysis is the beliefs of Generation Z representatives on the phenomenon of Bambi syndrome. The study was conducted using a diagnostic survey method with a questionnaire completed by 188 students of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW). The aim of the study was to check the familiarity with the term ‘Bambi syndrome’ and to compare the associations and assessments of the risks associated with attributing human characteristics to animals among students of pedagogy and companion and wild animal breeding and protection (HiOZTiD). The data obtained show that almost half of the respondents (47.3%) had not encountered the term ‘Bambi syndrome’, with HiOZTiD students declaring their familiarity with it more often than pedagogy students. Both groups define bambinism primarily as ‘attributing human characteristics to animals’, but HiOZTiD students rate the risks associated with excessive interference with nature and the lack of a realistic approach to conservation higher. In addition, students living in cities with more than 500,000 inhabitants show greater support for the complete inviolability of animal freedom than students from rural areas. The low awareness of the ‘Bambi effect’ among future educators and the differences in risk perception between the analysed groups suggest a need to enrich curricula with elements of education on the realities of nature conservation.
adiunkt w Katedrze Pedagogiki Instytutu Nauk Socjologicznych i Pedagogiki Szkoły Głównej Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
ORCID: 0000-0003-1656-5252
E-mail: arleta_hrehorowicz@sggw.edu.pl
adiunkt w Katedrze Biologii Środowiska Zwierząt Instytutu Nauk o Zwierzętach Szkoły Głównej Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
ORCID: 0000-0002-7729-9739
E-mail: krzysztof_klimaszewski@sggw.edu.pl