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Environmental ConcernECS-GEN✓ Validated
Environmental Concern Scale
Weigel & Weigel · 1978
Overview
A general measure of concern about environmental problems, assessing the degree to which individuals are worried about, feel responsible for, and are motivated to address a range of environmental issues. One of the earliest and most widely used measures in environmental psychology, providing a baseline for comparisons across studies and time periods.
Measure Details
Number of Items16 items
Response Scale5-point Likert (1 = Strongly Disagree, 5 = Strongly Agree)
Author(s)Weigel & Weigel
Year Published1978
Internal Reliabilityα = .80
DomainEnvironmental Concern
Citation
Weigel, R., & Weigel, J. (1978). Environmental concern: The development of a measure. Environment and Behavior, 10(1), 3–15.
Keywords
environmental concerngeneralworryresponsibilitymotivationclassicWeigel
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At a Glance
Items16
Year1978
Reliabilityα = .80