Using a Likert Scale to Measure “Environmental Responsibility”

Horvat, Robert E.; Voelker, Alan M.

doi:10.1080/00958964.1976.9941556

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“…Previous studies explained such results with a shorter exposition of young people to the competing 'dominant social paradigm' which in consequence favours environmental degradation (see above) as well as with the scepticism regarding society's value system. Consequently, the age-dependent cohort differences are quite in line with Dunlap (1980, 1981) or Mohai and Twight (1987), but not with older studies such as Tognacci et al (1972), Horvart and Voelker (1976) or Dunlap et al (1979). Gender may be associated with environmental perspectives and may indicate that girls are more environmentally concerned and oriented than boys.…”

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“…Pupils were asked to make their pencil marks on an OCR (optical scanning) sheet. As is usual for a Likertscale, the responses ranged from 'strongly agree' to 'strongly disagree' with an additional 'undecided' category (Likert, 1932;Horvart and Voelker, 1976;Mtiller, 1986;Borg et al, 1990;SmithSebasto, 1992). Although some previous studies have omitted the 'undecided' category, the authors decided to include this option of scoring neutrality because of their experiences with pretests and provide an option of indicating undecidedness or no opinion, to avoid creating artificial pupil opinions.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Environmental perspectives of pupils: the development of an attitude and behaviour scale

Bogner

Wilhelm

1996

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Section: Influence Of Independent Variablesmentioning

confidence: 58%

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Environmental perspectives of pupils: the development of an attitude and behaviour scale

Bogner

Wilhelm

1996

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“…Typically, these research efforts focus on the most basic environmental issues, such as: pollution, natural resources, energy, and wildlife (e.g. Dunlap and Scarce, 1991;Gallup and Newport, 1990;Rohrschneider, 1988, Horvat andVoelker, 1976). In most cases, this research has suggested that respondents are concerned about these specific environmental issues.…”

Section: Environmental Attitudesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Relationship Between Environmental Attitudes And Environmental Behaviors Among Air Force Members

Holt¹

1995

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A questionnaire was distributed to nearly 2,000 randomly selected active duty Air Force members assigned to locations throughout the continental United States. The survey was designed to determine the extent to which Air Force members expressed support for environmental issues. In addition, the survey measured how frequently Air Force members engaged in specific behaviors that were deemed environmentally protective. Although the Air Force members expressed relatively strong support for Form Approved REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE OMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.

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“…Thus, Quality of the Environment, Changes in Socioeconomic Policy and Awareness of Overexploitation constitute three central dimensions in which activists prove to be particularly involved, and which are also emphasized by the literature on environmentalist beliefs (Horvat & Voelker, 1976;Milbrath, 1984). The first has t o do with man's relationship with nature, with the use he makes of his environment, and how highly he values it.…”

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Environmentalism and Political Participation: Toward a New System of Social Beliefs and Values?

Herrera

1992

J Applied Social Pyschol

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This study examines the social beliefs and values of the Spanish population with regard to environmentalism. A questionnaire on environmental beliefs was produced and administered to two sample groups. The first group, to be called “activists” (comprising 86 subjects), is characterized by belonging to one or other environmental organization. The other, termed “nonactivists” (comprising 410 subjects), is composed of people not belonging to any environmentalist organization. We conclude that, as in other Western countries, environmentalism has moved from being a set of beliefs held by a small group of people to becoming a central element in the system of beliefs characterizing our society. In other words, the beliefs of the environmentalist movement are being gradually built into a new ideology. However, we found differences between activists and nonactivists, which we interpret both in terms of Milbrath's theoretical model and as contradictions of postmodernist culture.

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Using a Likert Scale to Measure “Environmental Responsibility”

Cited by 21 publications

References 8 publications

Environmental perspectives of pupils: the development of an attitude and behaviour scale

Environmental perspectives of pupils: the development of an attitude and behaviour scale

The Relationship Between Environmental Attitudes And Environmental Behaviors Among Air Force Members

Environmentalism and Political Participation: Toward a New System of Social Beliefs and Values?

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