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Environmental Concern: The Development of a Measure
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This paper reports the results of several independent investigations of the reliability and validity of the Environmental Concern Scale, a 16-item Likert scale assessing respondents' concerns about conservation and pollution issues. The scale exhibited both satisfactory internal consistency on samples drawn from a Western city and a New England town (Cronbach's alpha?.85, Scott's Homogeneity Ratio >.26) and satisfactory stability over a six-week test-retest interval (r = .83, p <.001). Validity data was collected in two separate studies. A known-groups comparison indicated that Sierra Club members exhibited greater concern (p < .001) and were more homogeneous (p <.02) in their environmental attitudes than a random sample of adults. The second study involved an elaborate behavioral follow-up of 44 subjects who had previously completed the attitude measure. Scores reflecting the degree of participation in a variety of ecologically relevant projects over an eight-month period were combined to form a reasonably comprehensive environmental behavior index. The correlation between scores on this index and scores on the attitude scale was quite strong (r = .62, p <.001). The potential utility of the Environmental Concern Scale for future research is discussed.
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- Authors
- Weigel, R., & Weigel, J.
- Venue
- Environment and Behavior
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1978-03
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 3-15
- ISSN
- 0013-9165 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-390X
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- W2073924575
- Cited by
- 540
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 17.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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