Psychometric properties of the New Ecological Paradigm Scale (NEP)
Climate change is a growing threat to humanity. Coping with its potentially disastrous effects will require a widespread behavioural change at both the societal and individual levels. Theory and empirical research have emphasised the role of pro-environmental attitudes as antecedents of pro-environm...
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| author | Vdović Milica Hagen Mina Simonović Anja Avramović Nađa Milošević-Đorđević Jasna |
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| description | Climate change is a growing threat to humanity. Coping with its potentially disastrous effects will require a widespread behavioural change at both the societal and individual levels. Theory and empirical research have emphasised the role of pro-environmental attitudes as antecedents of pro-environmental behaviour. Using a large community Serbian sample (N=871 of adult population), assessed with face-to-face interviews, we searched for the psychometric characteristics of the New Ecological Paradigm scale (NEP), a widely used instrument for assessing the pro-environmental attitudes worldwide. The dimensionality of Dunlap's NEP scale has been called into question frequently, because previous studies revealed three, four, or only one dimension. Hence, there is an ongoing call for the scale's further validation. This has been the first time that the psychometric characteristics of the NEP scale were tested on a large adult sample in Serbia. Further, we tested its predictive power to explain environmental behaviour (using the Environmental Behaviour Questionnaire). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-10d9c73bdfb54eb197be7ed33164338b2025-02-05T13:18:53ZengUniversity of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of PsychologyPsihološka Istraživanja0352-73792560-306X2024-01-0127226729510.5937/PSISTRA0-476640352-73792402267VPsychometric properties of the New Ecological Paradigm Scale (NEP)Vdović Milica0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8094-2465Hagen Mina1https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7599-6447Simonović Anja2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9064-3178Avramović Nađa3https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5034-4704Milošević-Đorđević Jasna4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9898-894XSingidunum University, Faculty of Media and Communication, Belgrade, SerbiaSingidunum University, Faculty of Media and Communication, Belgrade, SerbiaSingidunum University, Faculty of Media and Communication, Belgrade, SerbiaClarivate, Philadelphia, United States of AmericaSingidunum University, Faculty of Media and Communication, Belgrade, SerbiaClimate change is a growing threat to humanity. Coping with its potentially disastrous effects will require a widespread behavioural change at both the societal and individual levels. Theory and empirical research have emphasised the role of pro-environmental attitudes as antecedents of pro-environmental behaviour. Using a large community Serbian sample (N=871 of adult population), assessed with face-to-face interviews, we searched for the psychometric characteristics of the New Ecological Paradigm scale (NEP), a widely used instrument for assessing the pro-environmental attitudes worldwide. The dimensionality of Dunlap's NEP scale has been called into question frequently, because previous studies revealed three, four, or only one dimension. Hence, there is an ongoing call for the scale's further validation. This has been the first time that the psychometric characteristics of the NEP scale were tested on a large adult sample in Serbia. Further, we tested its predictive power to explain environmental behaviour (using the Environmental Behaviour Questionnaire).https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0352-7379/2024/0352-73792402267V.pdfnep scalepsychometric analysispro-ecological attitudespro-environmental behaviour |
| spellingShingle | Vdović Milica Hagen Mina Simonović Anja Avramović Nađa Milošević-Đorđević Jasna Psychometric properties of the New Ecological Paradigm Scale (NEP) Psihološka Istraživanja nep scale psychometric analysis pro-ecological attitudes pro-environmental behaviour |
| title | Psychometric properties of the New Ecological Paradigm Scale (NEP) |
| title_full | Psychometric properties of the New Ecological Paradigm Scale (NEP) |
| title_fullStr | Psychometric properties of the New Ecological Paradigm Scale (NEP) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychometric properties of the New Ecological Paradigm Scale (NEP) |
| title_short | Psychometric properties of the New Ecological Paradigm Scale (NEP) |
| title_sort | psychometric properties of the new ecological paradigm scale nep |
| topic | nep scale psychometric analysis pro-ecological attitudes pro-environmental behaviour |
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