MINIMALIST LIFESTYLE DETERMINATION SCALE DEVELOPMENT STUDY IN TERMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL BIOETHICS

Abstract

The minimalist lifestyle is to maintain a simple life in many areas of your life, such as things, clothes, food, exercise, money, time, and technology. The minimalist lifestyle is intertwined with the concept of sustainable consumption. In sustainable consumption, a person consumes only as much as he needs, does not spend limited world resources on luxury aspirations. This lifestyle shows people that happiness comes with simple living, not consumption. In this study, the scale of minimalist lifestyle determination has been developed in terms of environmental bioethics. After the literature review, expert opinion was taken for the item pool created, and statistical studies of the scale were carried out accordingly. Afterwards, the pilot study of the scale was carried out. Scale sampling was applied after the arrangements made after the pilot study. The universe of the study consists of employees (academicians, administrative staff and others) of two universities and all individuals who agreed to participate without going to the sample selection were included in the study. The sample consisted of 408 people. As a result of statistical studies carried out after sampling of the scale, the scale was finalized. The scale consists of 25 items and 3 dimensions. These dimensions are called “Minimalist Life”, “Sustainable Environment” and “Time Management”.