Title

Developing A Scale Of Environmental Efficacy

Keywords

Anthropocentric; Ecocentric; Efficacy; Environmental attitudes; Motivation; Pro-environmental behavior; Time perspective

Abstract

In this paper, we summarize past research regarding the relationship between environmental attitudes and time perspective with pro-environmental behaviors (PEB), identify the construct environmental efficacy, and describe the development of a scale designed to measure it. The results of our initial scale validation study demonstrate a high level of internal reliability. Convergent validity was demonstrated between ecocentric attitudes, future time perspective, and higher levels of motivation, as well as between anthropocentric attitudes, present time perspective, and amotivation. Discriminant validity was demonstrated between ecocentric and anthropocentric attitudes, as well as between future time perspective, ecocentric attitudes, and amotivation. Areas for future research are identified, including specifying these relationships and developing a model that incorporates these various factors and the explicit relationships between them. The potential benefits of this research include, on a small, proximal scale, encouraging environmental efficacy, and on a larger, distal scale, advancing collective efficacy and furthering the widespread adoption of sustainable ecocentric behaviors.

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Publication Title

International Journal of Sustainability Policy and Practice

Volume

8

Issue

4

Number of Pages

169-195

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.18848/2325-1166/cgp/v08i04/55412

Socpus ID

84981306053 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84981306053

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