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Conservation AttitudesCCEAS✓ Validated

Cross-Cultural Environmental Attitudes Scale

Evans, Juen, Corral-Verdugo, Corraliza & Kaiser · 2007

Overview

A cross-culturally validated measure of environmental attitudes developed by Evans, Juen, Corral-Verdugo, Corraliza, and Kaiser (2007). The scale uses a behavior-based approach to measure environmental attitudes across diverse cultural contexts, drawing on Kaiser's General Ecological Behavior (GEB) framework. Items were selected for cross-cultural equivalence across samples from Austria, Mexico, Spain, and the United States. The scale assesses pro-environmental attitudes as inferred from behavioral intentions and self-reported behaviors, making it suitable for comparative international research.

Measure Details

Number of Items25 items
Response Scale5-point Likert (0 = Never, 4 = Always)
Author(s)Evans, Juen, Corral-Verdugo, Corraliza & Kaiser
Year Published2007
Internal Reliabilityα = .82–.89 across cultural samples
DomainConservation Attitudes

Citation

Evans, G. W., Juen, B., Corral-Verdugo, V., Corraliza, J. A., & Kaiser, F. G. (2007). Children's cross-cultural environmental attitudes and self-reported behaviors. Environment and Behavior, 39(4), 522–544.

Keywords

cross-culturalenvironmental attitudesbehavior-basedGEBAustriaMexicoSpainUSAchildreninternational

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At a Glance

Items25
Year2007
Reliabilityα = .82–.89 across cultural samples