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Environmental Concern Scale
Dutcher, Finley, Luloff & Johnson · 2007
Overview
A brief 5-item measure of general environmental concern drawn from the Ellis and Thompson (1997) study of environmental activism and cultural bias. Assesses the degree to which individuals are concerned about ecological catastrophe, resource depletion, and environmental spending. Designed for use in surveys of landowners and rural populations, though applicable more broadly.
Measure Details
Number of Items5 items
Response Scale5-point Likert (1 = Strongly Disagree, 5 = Strongly Agree)
Author(s)Dutcher, Finley, Luloff & Johnson
Year Published2007
Internal Reliabilityα = .77
DomainEnvironmental Concern
Citation
Dutcher, D., Finley, J., Luloff, A., & Johnson, J. (2007). Connectivity with nature as a measure of environmental values. Environment and Behavior, 39, 474–493.
Keywords
environmental concernecological catastrophenatural resourcesenvironmental spendingbrieflandowners
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At a Glance
Items5
Year2007
Reliabilityα = .77