DEVELOPMENT OF A SCALE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS APPROACHES. A STUDY OF VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY
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Tarih
2013
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Yayıncı
Scibulcom Ltd
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
The purpose of this study is to develop a valid and reliable assessment tool for identifying undergraduate students ethical approaches to the environment. The subjects were 694 students in university teacher training programmes during the 2012-2013 academic year. The research instrument was based both on a literature review and data obtained from open-ended questions. To determine construct validity of the scale, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted. The Cronbach alpha inner-consistency coefficient for reliability was calculated to be 0.73. Results of exploratory factor analysis showed that the scale consisted of 3 sub-dimensions: anthropocentric, biocentric, and ecocentric environmental approaches. The scale comprised 25 items using the 5-point Likert scale. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the 3-factor structure of the scale. The value of factor loadings varied within the range of 0.42 to 0.82, and corrected item-tool correlations varied in the range from 0.21 to 0.53. The findings of the study show that the environmental ethics scale is a valid and reliable assessment tool for identifying students ethical approaches to the environment.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Environmental Ethics, Scale Development, Undergraduate Students, Education, Attitudes
Kaynak
Journal Of Environmental Protection And Ecology
WoS Q Değeri
Q4
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Cilt
14
Sayı
3A
