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Environmental IdentityNIS✓ Validated
Nature Identity Scale
Hinds & Sparks · 2008
Overview
Measures the degree to which individuals incorporate nature into their personal identity, including the sense that one is a nature person, that nature is central to one's self-concept, and that one's identity is expressed through nature-related activities and values. Shorter than the full EIS and designed for use in survey research.
Measure Details
Number of Items9 items
Response Scale5-point Likert (1 = Not at all true of me, 5 = Completely true of me)
Author(s)Hinds & Sparks
Year Published2008
Internal Reliabilityα = .87
DomainEnvironmental Identity
Citation
Hinds, J., & Sparks, P. (2008). Engaging with the natural environment: The role of affective connection and identity. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 28(2), 109–120.
Keywords
nature identityself-conceptnature personcentralactivitiesvaluesidentity
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Free to use for research and educational purposes. Please cite the original authors.
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At a Glance
Items9
Year2008
Reliabilityα = .87