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General Ecological Behavior Scale — Children

Name: General Ecological Behavior Scale — Children
Creator: Kaiser, Oerke & Bogner
Published: 2007
Keywords: ecological behavior, children, primary school, environmental behavior, cross-cultural, pictorial, simplified, Kaiser

Kaiser, Oerke & Bogner · 2007

Overview

A further adaptation of Kaiser's General Ecological Behavior Scale for use with children (ages 8–12). Uses simplified language, concrete behavioral examples, and a pictorial response format to assess the frequency of ecologically relevant behaviors in younger children. Items focus on behaviors within children's daily experience and agency, such as turning off taps, recycling, picking up litter, and choosing nature-friendly activities. Validated across multiple countries as part of cross-cultural environmental education research.

Measure Details

Number of Items25 items

Response Scale3-point frequency scale (0 = Never, 1 = Sometimes, 2 = Often)

Author(s)Kaiser, Oerke & Bogner

Year Published2007

Internal Reliabilityα = .74–.81

DomainPro-environmental Behavior

Citation

Kaiser, F. G., Oerke, B., & Bogner, F. X. (2007). Behavior-based environmental attitude: Development of an instrument for adolescents. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 27(3), 242–251.

Keywords

ecological behaviorchildrenprimary schoolenvironmental behaviorcross-culturalpictorialsimplifiedKaiser

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At a Glance

Items25

Year2007

Reliabilityα = .74–.81

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