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Recycling Scale (Taylor & Todd)

Name: Recycling Scale (Taylor & Todd)
Creator: Taylor & Todd
Published: 1995
Keywords: recycling, theory of planned behavior, attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, intentions, Taylor, Todd, decomposed TPB

Taylor & Todd · 1995

Overview

A theory of planned behavior-based measure of recycling attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and behavioral intentions developed by Taylor and Todd (1995). Assesses the psychological antecedents of recycling behavior within a decomposed theory of planned behavior framework that distinguishes between different types of beliefs (utilitarian, normative, and control beliefs) and their sources. One of the most theoretically grounded measures of recycling psychology, widely used in environmental behavior research.

Measure Details

Number of Items24 items

Response Scale7-point semantic differential and Likert scales

Author(s)Taylor & Todd

Year Published1995

Internal Reliabilityα = .79–.88 by subscale

DomainPro-environmental Behavior

Citation

Taylor, S., & Todd, P. (1995). An integrated model of waste management behavior: A test of household recycling and composting intentions. Environment and Behavior, 27(5), 603–630.

Keywords

recyclingtheory of planned behaviorattitudessubjective normsperceived behavioral controlintentionsTaylorTodddecomposed TPB

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At a Glance

Items24

Year1995

Reliabilityα = .79–.88 by subscale

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