Development and Validation of the Curiosity of Climate Changes Scale

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Table 1 Medium, Standard Deviation, Communalities, Factor, and Item-Total Correlations of the Curiosity of Climate Changes Scale (N = 306)

No.	Items:	M	SD	C	F	I-T
1	I wonder what can be done to stop the rise of our planet’s temperature.	3.22	1.24	0.63	0.79	0.77
2	I am interested in how the degradation of the natural environment may change the life on Earth in the future.	3.53	1.26	0.61	0.78	0.76
3	I think about the consequences of the greenhouse effect on me.	3.52	1.31	0.54	0.74	0.72
4	I wonder where the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere comes from.	3.02	1.25	0.59	0.77	0.75
5	I often think about the effects of climate change on people.	3.46	1.23	0.59	0.77	0.75
6	I look for connections between coal mining and the changing weather conditions on Earth.	2.74	1.28	0.54	0.74	0.72
7	I am interested in why the glaciers are melting so fast.	3.10	1.33	0.66	0.81	0.79
8	I wonder what I can do to reduce the negative consequences of climate change.	3.59	1.25	0.57	0.75	0.73
9	I look for the causes of frequent tornadoes, floods, and droughts in many regions of the world.	2.80	1.34	0.46	0.71	0.66
10	I am interested in ideas / proposals on how to replace coal mining in order to reduce the air pollution.	3.17	1.30	0.54	0.73	0.71
11	I wonder about the effects of melting glaciers on the future of life on Earth.	3.45	1.31	0.59	0.76	0.74
12	I pay attention to any information that offers a way to stop the degradation of the natural environment.	3.02	1.29	0.60	0.77	0.75
13	I am interested in the consequences of the greenhouse effect in different parts of the world.	3.13	1.33	0.67	0.82	0.80
14	I analyse how deforestation will increase the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.	2.83	1.25	0.53	0.73	0.80
15	I think about how life on Earth will change as a result of excessive human interference in the natural environment.	3.75	1.23	0.56	0.75	0.73
Variance [%]					60.00
Reliability (Cronbach’s alpha)					0.95

Table 2 Indices for Each Model

Model	χ^2	p	Df	CFI	TLI	RMSEA
Model 1	280.14	0.01	90	0.919	0.926	0.044
Model 2	900.978	0.01	90	0.653	0.684	0.443

Table 3 Curiosity of Climate Changes and Other Instruments

	CCCS
CEI-II – Stretching	0.34*
CEI-II – Embracing	0.15*
PPD – Order Preference	0.20*
PPD – Predictability Preference	0.21*
PPD – Ambiguity Intolerance	0.21*
PPD – Closed-mindedness	−0.37*
PPD – Decisiveness	−0.13*
ENCS	0.22*
CAS – Cognitive Difficulties	0.28*
CAS – Functional Difficulties	0.16*
EID	0.62*
GPC	0.64*

Note: *p < 0.05.