Article
The Children's Attitudes toward the Environment Scale
The Journal of Environmental Education
(1994)
Abstract
The authors describe the development of a scale to measure environmental attitudes of grade-school children. The scale items reflect children's knowledge of environmental issues, and the scale uses an age-appropriate format. The 25 items that make up the scale were selected through item analysis from a larger pool of items. The internal-consistency reliability of the scale (Cronbach's alpha) ranged from .70 to .85. Test-retest reliability was .68. The authors discuss potential use of this scale for research and evaluation of programs.
Keywords
- environmental attitudes,
- grade-school children,
- environment scale
Disciplines
Publication Date
April 1, 1994
DOI
10.1080/00958964.1994.9941954
Citation Information
Lynn M. Musser and Amy J. Malkus. "The Children's Attitudes toward the Environment Scale" The Journal of Environmental Education Vol. 25 Iss. 3 (1994) p. 22 - 26 ISSN: 0095-8964 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/amy-malkus/3/