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Measurement of Environmental Concern: A Review and Analysis
Growing concern about the seriousness of issues such as climate change has made the value of research on social and behavioral aspects of environmental problems clearer than ever. For authors studying environmental concern or attitudes, however, survey development can be a daunting task. A large num...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7067970/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32210883 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00363 |
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description | Growing concern about the seriousness of issues such as climate change has made the value of research on social and behavioral aspects of environmental problems clearer than ever. For authors studying environmental concern or attitudes, however, survey development can be a daunting task. A large number of scales measuring environmental concern have been developed, and it can be challenging to make informed decisions about which to use. To assist authors in navigating the literature, we present a review of existing scales, followed by two studies in which we examine the structural validity of five scales that are commonly implemented in this corpus and that adhere to classical test theory. These results have important implications for general issues with measurement in this area, and inform our recommendations for authors about key considerations when selecting and using environmental concern scales. |
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spelling | pubmed-70679702020-03-24 Measurement of Environmental Concern: A Review and Analysis Cruz, Shannon M. Manata, Brian Front Psychol Psychology Growing concern about the seriousness of issues such as climate change has made the value of research on social and behavioral aspects of environmental problems clearer than ever. For authors studying environmental concern or attitudes, however, survey development can be a daunting task. A large number of scales measuring environmental concern have been developed, and it can be challenging to make informed decisions about which to use. To assist authors in navigating the literature, we present a review of existing scales, followed by two studies in which we examine the structural validity of five scales that are commonly implemented in this corpus and that adhere to classical test theory. These results have important implications for general issues with measurement in this area, and inform our recommendations for authors about key considerations when selecting and using environmental concern scales. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7067970/ /pubmed/32210883 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00363 Text en Copyright © 2020 Cruz and Manata. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Cruz, Shannon M. Manata, Brian Measurement of Environmental Concern: A Review and Analysis |
title | Measurement of Environmental Concern: A Review and Analysis |
title_full | Measurement of Environmental Concern: A Review and Analysis |
title_fullStr | Measurement of Environmental Concern: A Review and Analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Measurement of Environmental Concern: A Review and Analysis |
title_short | Measurement of Environmental Concern: A Review and Analysis |
title_sort | measurement of environmental concern: a review and analysis |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7067970/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32210883 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00363 |
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