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Environmental EmpathyEES✓ Validated
Environmental Empathy Scale
Tam · 2013
Overview
Measures the capacity to empathize with the natural environment, including non-human species and ecosystems. Assesses both cognitive perspective-taking toward nature and affective responses to environmental harm.
Measure Details
Number of Items10 items
Response Scale5-point Likert (1 = Strongly Disagree, 5 = Strongly Agree)
Author(s)Tam
Year Published2013
Internal Reliabilityα = .86
DomainEnvironmental Empathy
Citation
Tam, K.-P. (2013). Concepts and measures related to connection to nature: Similarities and differences. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 34, 64–78.
Keywords
empathynaturenon-humanperspective-takingaffectiveecosystems
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At a Glance
Items10
Year2013
Reliabilityα = .86