Abstract

LOPEZ MIGUENS, María Jesús; ALVAREZ GONZALEZ, Paula; GONZALEZ VAZQUEZ, Encarnación  and  GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, María José. Measures of Ecological Behavior and its Antecedents: Scales Conceptualization and Empirical Validation. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2015, vol.14, n.1, pp.189-204. ISSN 1657-9267.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.upsy14-1.mcea.

This study validates using confirmatory factor analysis the scale of ecological behavior, which measures the implementation of actions that intend to protect and/or preserve the environment, and the scales of variables used in literature in order to explain that behavior: environmental knowledge, beliefs associated with environmental awareness, values and ecological behavior intention. Using a sample of 497 individuals in Spain selected by non-probability quota sampling, the psychometric properties of the scales were analyzed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The results show the multidimensional nature of knowledge (basic knowledge -CB and expert knowledge -CEX) and environmental behavior (waste management -GEB and environmental implication -IM) scales and the one-dimensional nature of the rest of measures. The validation, using confirmatory factor analysis of the selected variables, provides an important contribution to future research.

Keywords : ecological behavior; environmental attitude; scales; environment.

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