New Trends in Measuring Environmental Attitudes: Measuring Endorsement of the New Ecological Paradigm: A Revised NEP Scale

Dunlap, Riley E.; Liere, Kent D. Van; Mertig, Angela G.; Jones, Robert E.

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“…The high degree of internal consistency among the five NEP-items suggests that it is appropriate to combine them into a single measure of environmental attitudes. These results are consistent with several studies that have also found it expedient to represent the NEP-items by a single dimension (e.g., Dunlap et al, 2000).…”

Section: Environmental Attitudessupporting

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“…Previous studies have consistently found that environmentalists score higher on the NEP-scale than the general public (e.g., Dunlap et al, 2000).…”

Section: Environmental Attitudesmentioning

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“…The revised New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) Scale, originally consisting of 15 items (Dunlap et al, 2000), is widely used to measure environmental attitudes. To compress the questionnaire, we used a shorter version of eight items (Appendix A), which has worked well in Norwegian studies (e.g., Skogen and Thrane, 2008).…”

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a b s t r a c tThis article examines the characteristics of and reasons for Norwegian farmers' ceasing or planning to cease certified organic production. We gathered cross-sectional survey data in late 2007 from organic farmers deregistering between January 2004 and September 2007 (n ¼ 220), and similar data from a random sample of farmers with certified organic management in 2006 (n ¼ 407). Of the respondents deregistering by November 2007, 17% had quit farming altogether, 61% now farmed conventionally, and 21% were still farming by organic principles, but without certification. Nearly one in four organic farmers in 2007 indicated that they planned to cease certification within the next 5e10 years. From the two survey samples, we categorised farmers who expect to be deregistered in 5e10 years into three groups: conventional practices (n ¼ 139), continuing to farm using organic principles (uncertified organic deregistrants, n ¼ 105), and stopped farming (n ¼ 33). Of the numerous differences among these groups, two were most striking: the superior sales of uncertified organic deregistrants through consumer-direct marketing and the lowest shares of organic land among conventional deregistrants. We summarised a large number of reasons for deregistering into five factors through factor analysis: economics, regulations, knowledge-exchange, production, and market access. Items relating to economics and regulations were the primary reasons offered for opting out. The regression analysis showed that the various factors were associated with several explanatory variables. Regulations, for example, figured more highly among livestock farmers than crop farmers. The economic factor strongly reflected just a few years of organic management. Policy recommendations for reducing the number of dropouts are to focus on economics, environmental attitudes, and the regulatory issues surrounding certified organic production.

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“…Previous studies have consistently found that environmentalists score higher on the NEP-scale than the general public (e.g., Dunlap et al, 2000).…”

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confidence: 92%

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“…It is further characterized by high convergent validity between verbal commitment and affect since both sub-scales show distinct correlative patterns which is in line with our definition. ddAn example from the policy approach shown in Table 3 is the most widely used 'New Environmental Paradigm Scale' (NEP) (Dunlap and Van Liere, 1978) and also its revised version, the 'New Ecological Paradigm' measure (Dunlap, van Liere, Mertig and Jones , 2000). It includes the sub-scales on a 'humans' ability to upset the balance of nature, existence of limits of growth' and 'humans' right to rule over the rest of nature'.…”

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No Measure without Concept. A Critical Review on the Conceptualization and Measurement of Environmental Concern

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International Review of Social Research

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Environmental concern is a highly relevant concept in the context of environmental change and increasing demand for political regulation of environmental protection. In order to prevent climate change, loss in global biodiversity or other highly critical environmental issues, we need to understand why (and why not) citizens support environmental politics. However, there is no measure without a concept, and empirical results might be biased if they are not operationalized according to well defined (theoretical and methodological) criteria. This research endeavor focuses on historical and more recent developments of the concept of individual environmental concern. It will be demonstrated that environmental concern is not only a distinct concept excluding behavior and knowledge, but is also rather complex addressing geographical as well as temporal issues. Most recent developments suggesting a hierarchical multi-dimensional character will be discussed and examples of the most relevant empirical measures and scales will be evaluated.

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“…b (*) p < 0.05; (**) p < 0.01; (***) p < 0.001. Section 7 of the survey addressed general environmental issues, using Dunlap et al's 15-item New Ecological Paradigm Scale (NEPS) (19). Section 8 asked for demographic information such as age, gender, and education level.…”

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Initial Public Perceptions of Deep Geological and Oceanic Disposal of Carbon Dioxide

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Two studies were conducted to gauge likely public perceptions of proposals to avoid releasing carbon dioxide from power plants to the atmosphere by injecting it into deep geological formations or the deep ocean. Following a modified version of the mental model interview method, Study 1 involved face-to-face interviews with 18 nontechnical respondents. Respondents shared their beliefs after receiving basic information about the technologies and again after getting specific details. Many interviewees wanted to frame the issue in the broader context of alternative strategies for carbon management, but public understanding of mitigation strategies is limited. The second study, administered to a sample of 126 individuals, involved a closedform survey that measured the prevalence of general beliefs revealed in study 1 and also assessed the respondent's views of these technologies. Study results suggest that the public may develop misgivings about deep injection of carbon dioxide because it can be seen as temporizing and perhaps creating future problems. Ocean injection was seen as more problematic than geological injection. An approach to public communication and regulation that is open and respectful of public concerns is likely to be a prerequisite to the successful adoption of this technology.

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New Trends in Measuring Environmental Attitudes: Measuring Endorsement of the New Ecological Paradigm: A Revised NEP Scale

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References 45 publications

Norwegian farmers ceasing certified organic production: Characteristics and reasons

Norwegian farmers ceasing certified organic production: Characteristics and reasons

No Measure without Concept. A Critical Review on the Conceptualization and Measurement of Environmental Concern

Initial Public Perceptions of Deep Geological and Oceanic Disposal of Carbon Dioxide

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