Commitment to the Environment Scale
Davis, Green & Reed · 2009
Overview
Measures the degree to which individuals are committed to protecting the natural environment as a stable, long-term personal value and behavioral orientation. Developed by Davis, Green, and Reed (2009) based on organizational commitment theory applied to environmental behavior. Distinguishes three components of environmental commitment: Affective Commitment (emotional attachment to environmental protection), Normative Commitment (felt obligation to act pro-environmentally), and Continuance Commitment (perceived costs of not acting pro-environmentally). Predicts sustained pro-environmental behavior over time.
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Citation
Davis, J. L., Green, J. D., & Reed, A. (2009). Interdependence with the environment: Commitment, interconnectedness, and environmental behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 29(2), 173–180.
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