Should I be bothered or not? Development of the Environmental Attitudes Scale (EAS)

Darko Hinić

doi:10.19090/pp.v15i3.2385

Autori

Darko Hinić University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Science https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7099-1207

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19090/pp.v15i3.2385

Ključne reči:

environmental attitudes, environmental behaviour, psychometric properties

Apstrakt

Cilj rada bio je razviti pouzdanu skalu za procenu vrednosti, uverenja i stavova prema životnoj sredini, i proveriti njene osnovne psihometrijske odlike radi dalje primene na srpskoj populaciji. Konačni uzorak činilo je 1020 ispitanika (46.9% muškaraca i 53.1% žena), uzrasta od 18 do 86 (M = 39.29, SD = 15.77). Svi ispitanici su odgovarali na demografski upitnik (uzrast, pol, region, obrazovanje, radni i ekonomski status), i EAS skalu. Finalna skala sastoji se iz 36 tvrdnji grupisanih u pet dimenzija, koje objašnjavaju 50.4% ukupne varijanse, i to: Ljubav prema prirodi i ekološka briga 11.36%, Prezervacione mere 11.25%, Lična konzervaciona praksa i aktivizam 10.72%, Mere populacijskog rasta 8.87%, i Instrumentalnost sa 7.84% objašnjene varijanse. EAS pokazala je dobru unutrašnju konzistenciju α = .80, u rasponu od .75 do .81 za podfaktore, sa split-half (Spearman-Brown) koeficijentom validnosti .75, i test-retest r = .79. Rezultati su potvrdili tri faktora drugog reda (sa ukupno 81.27% objašnjene varijanse): Personalni faktor 44.92%, Institucionalne mere i politike 20.41%, i Instrumentalnost sa 15.95% objašnjene varijanse.

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