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EMPIRICAL RESEARCH

Measuring Values-Based Environmental Concerns in Children: An Environmental Motives Scale

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Pages 1-15 | Published online: 14 Nov 2011
 

Abstract

The Environmental Motives Scale (EMS) was developed to measure an individual's concerns about environmental issues. The measure provides subscale scores for egoistic, social-altruistic, and biospheric concerns. Prior studies have shown a good fit for the 3-factor structure, but the measure has yet to be used with children. In this paper we report two studies in which we develop and validate a modified version of the EMS for use with children. Confirmatory factor analyses show an acceptable fit for this population. The reliability and validity of the measure for use with children is also examined.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors acknowledge the support of their research team: Maria A. Aguilar, Sara M. Aguilar, Jeremy Bowlin, Karelle A. Jones, Cameron Herr, Juan Carlos Muñoz, and Josephine Piriano. Portions of this article were presented at the 88th Annual Meeting of the Western Psychological Association in Irvine, CA, in April 2008, and at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in Las Vegas, NV, in January 2010.

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