Psychometric properties of the children’s environmental attitudes scale and the children's environmental satisfaction scale
Keywords:
psychometric assessment; environmental attitudes; connectedness to nature; environmental satisfaction; childhoodAbstract
The aim of this study is to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Children’s Environmental Attitudes Scale and the Children's Environmental Satisfaction Scale through principal component analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and reliability analysis. Participants were 1,746 children (53.5% girls) between 8 and 13 years of age (M = 10.17; SD = 1.492) residents of Porto Alegre (54.9%) and inner municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul State. The first scale presented an unifactorial solution, adequate internal consistency and good fit indices. Two components were identified in the second scale (Satisfaction with the environment and Connectivity) with moderate levels of internal consistency and satisfactory fit indices. The study contributed to the development of instruments concerning child-environment relationship in Brazilian Portuguese language.
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Kruse, L. (2005). Compreendendo o ambiente em psicologia ambiental.Psicologia USP,16(1-2), 41-46. [ Links ]
Leeming, F., Dwyer, W., Porter, B., & Bracker, B. (1995). Children’s environmental attitudes and knowledge scale: Construction and validation. Journal of Environmental Education, 26, 22-31. doi: 10.1080/00958964.1995.9941442. [ Links ]
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Mayer, F. S., & Frantz, C. M. (2004). The connectedness to nature scale: A measure of individuals’ feeling in community with nature. Journal of Environmental Psychology , 24, 503-515. doi 10.1016/j.jenvp.2004.10.001. [ Links ]
Michener, H. A., De Lamater, J. D., & Myers, D. J. (2005). Psicologia social. São Paulo: Thomson Learning. [ Links ]
Negev, M., Sagy, G., Garb, Y., Salzberg, A., & Tal, A. (2008). Evaluating the environmental literacy of Israeli elementary and high school students. Journal of Environment. Education, 39, 3-20. doi: 10.3200/JOEE.39.2.3-20. [ Links ]
Nisbet, E., Zelenski, J., & Murphy, S. (2009). The nature relatedness scale: Linking individuals’ connection with nature, environmental concern, and behavior.Environment and Behavior , 41, 715-740. doi: 10.1177/0013916508318748. [ Links ]
Olivos-Jara, P., Aragonés, J. I., & Navarro-Carrascal, O. (2013). Educación ambiental: Itinerario en la naturaleza y su relación com conectividade, preocupaciones ambientales y conducta. Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología, 45(3), 503-513. doi: 10.14349/rlp.v45i3.1490. [ Links ]
Olivos, P. (2009). Conectividad con la naturaliza, identidad ambiental y dimensiones del self (Tese de doutorado). Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madri. [ Links ]
Pelletier, L. G., Legault, L. R., & Tuson, K. M. (1996). The environmental satisfaction scale: A measure of satisfaction with local environmental conditions and government environmental policies. Environment and Behavior , 28, 5-26. doi: 10.1177/0013916596281001. [ Links ]
Pol, E., & Castrechini, A. (2013). ¿Disrupción en la educación para la sostenibilidad?. Revista Latinoamericana da Psicología, 45(3), 333-347. doi: 10.1439/rlp.v45i3.1477. [ Links ]
Qin, J, Zhou, X., Sun, C., Lian, Z., & Leng, H. (2013). Influences of green spaces on environmental satisfaction and physiological status of urban residents. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 12(4), 490-497. doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2013.05.005. [ Links ]
Rodrigues, A., Assmar, E. L., & Jablowski, B. (2000). Psicologia social (18ª.ed.). Petrópolis: Vozes. [ Links ]
Schultz, P., Shriver, C., Tabanico, J., & Khazian, A. (2004). Implicit connections with nature. Journal of Environmental Psychology , 24, 31-42. doi: 10.1016/S0272-4944(03)00022-7. [ Links ]
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Veitch, J. A., Farley, K. M., & Newsham, G. R. (2002). Environmental satisfaction in open-plan environments: 1. Scale validation and methods. Montreal: National Researche Council. [ Links ]
Wessolowski, N., Koenig, H., Schulte-Markwort, M., & Barkmann, C. (2014). The effect of variable light on the fidgetiness and social behavior of pupils in school. Journal of Environmental Psychology , 39, 101-108. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2014.05.001. [ Links ]
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Galli, F. ., Bedin, L. M. ., Wachholz Strelhow, M. R. ., & Castellá Sarriera, J. . (2019). Psychometric properties of the children’s environmental attitudes scale and the children’s environmental satisfaction scale. Psicologia: Teoria E Pesquisa, 34. Retrieved from https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/27919
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