Abstract

SANCHEZ MIRANDA, Martha Patricia; DE LA GARZA GONZALEZ, Arturo; LOPEZ RAMIREZ, Ernesto Octavio  and  MORALES MARTINEZ, Guadalupe Elizabeth. An environmental preference scale: A proposal to measure the relationships between individuals and their environment. int.j.psychol.res. [online]. 2012, vol.5, n.2, pp.66-76. ISSN 2011-2084.

The goal of the study was to measure and compare environmental preference on 59 biology students and 75 psychology students from a Mexican public university. Participants were shown 60 images of natural and urban environments, they were required to indicate the degree of relationship experienced with that environment, using a 7-point Likert scale. The results showed an internal consistency of 0.94 and a single-factor structure for the scale factor of nature dimension and three others related to an urban dimension (Entertainment, Pollution and Football Soccer). Moreover, a significant main difference on rating performance was obtained between the Biology and Psychology samples.

Keywords : Environmental preference; nature; urban; biology students; psychology students.

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