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Love and Beauty of Nature Scale
Peterson & Seligman · 2004
Overview
Measures the aesthetic and emotional appreciation of nature, capturing the degree to which individuals experience beauty, wonder, and love in natural environments. Developed within the positive psychology tradition to assess nature appreciation as a character strength and source of well-being.
Measure Details
Number of Items8 items
Response Scale5-point Likert (1 = Not like me at all, 5 = Very much like me)
Author(s)Peterson & Seligman
Year Published2004
Internal Reliabilityα = .83
DomainConnectedness with Nature
Citation
Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Character strengths and virtues: A handbook and classification. Oxford University Press / American Psychological Association.
Keywords
love of naturebeautyaestheticappreciationwondercharacter strengthpositive psychology
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Items8
Year2004
Reliabilityα = .83