Lachowski Stanisław, Jurkiewicz Anna, Choina Piotr, Florek-Łuszczki Magdalena, Buczaj Agnieszka, Goździewska Małgorzata
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland.
Institute of Rural Health in Lublin, Poland.
Ann Agric Environ Med. 2017 Jun 7;24(2):194-200. doi: 10.26444/aaem/74478. Epub 2017 May 15.
Agriculture based on genetically modified organisms plays an increasingly important role in feeding the world population, which is evidenced by a considerable growth in the size of land under genetically modified crops (GM). Uncertainty and controversy around GM products are mainly due to the lack of accurate and reliable information, and lack of knowledge concerning the essence of genetic modifications, and the effect of GM food on the human organism, and consequently, a negative emotional attitude towards what is unknown.
The objective of the presented study was to discover to what extent knowledge and the emotional attitude of adolescents towards genetically modified organisms is related with acceptance of growing genetically modified plants or breeding GM animals on own farm or allotment garden, and the purchase and consumption of GM food, as well as the use of GMOs in medicine.
The study was conducted by the method of a diagnostic survey using a questionnaire designed by the author, which covered a group of 500 adolescents completing secondary school on the level of maturity examination. The collected material was subjected to statistical analysis. Research hypotheses were verified using chi-square test (χ ), t-Student test, and stepwise regression analysis.
Stepwise regression analysis showed that the readiness of adolescents to use genetically modified organisms as food or for the production of pharmaceuticals, the production of GM plants or animals on own farm, depends on an emotional-evaluative attitude towards GMOs, and the level of knowledge concerning the essence of genetic modifications.
基于转基因生物的农业在养活世界人口方面发挥着越来越重要的作用，转基因作物种植面积的显著增长就证明了这一点。围绕转基因产品的不确定性和争议主要是由于缺乏准确可靠的信息，以及对基因改造的本质、转基因食品对人体的影响缺乏了解，因此，人们对未知事物持负面情绪态度。
本研究的目的是了解青少年对转基因生物的了解程度和情感态度在多大程度上与他们接受在自己的农场或自留地上种植转基因植物或养殖转基因动物、购买和消费转基因食品以及在医学中使用转基因生物有关。
本研究采用诊断性调查方法，使用作者设计的问卷，调查对象为500名完成中学毕业会考的青少年。对收集到的材料进行统计分析。研究假设通过卡方检验（χ ）、t检验和逐步回归分析进行验证。
逐步回归分析表明，青少年将转基因生物用作食物或用于生产药品、在自己的农场生产转基因植物或动物的意愿，取决于对转基因生物的情感评价态度以及对基因改造本质的了解程度。
