Ascription of Responsibility Scale
Schultz & Zelezny · 1998
Overview
Measures the degree to which individuals ascribe personal responsibility for environmental problems to themselves versus others (industry, government, other people). Based on Schwartz's (1977) norm-activation model, which posits that pro-environmental behavior is motivated by awareness of consequences and ascription of responsibility. The scale assesses whether respondents feel personally obligated to act on environmental problems or attribute responsibility to external agents. Widely used in studies of environmental norm activation and altruistic behavior.
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Citation
Schultz, P. W., & Zelezny, L. C. (1998). Values and proenvironmental behavior: A five-country survey. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 29(4), 540–558.
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