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Nature RelatednessCLTS✓ Validated
Connectedness to Living Things Scale
Schultz · 2002
Overview
Measures the sense of connection to all living things — plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms — rather than just to "nature" as a broad concept. Captures the biophilic dimension of nature relatedness, including emotional bonds with specific species and ecosystems, and the sense that all life is interconnected.
Measure Details
Number of Items10 items
Response Scale5-point Likert (1 = Strongly Disagree, 5 = Strongly Agree)
Author(s)Schultz
Year Published2002
Internal Reliabilityα = .82
DomainNature Relatedness
Citation
Schultz, P. W. (2002). Inclusion with nature: The psychology of human–nature relations. In P. Schmuck & P. W. Schultz (Eds.), Psychology of sustainable development (pp. 61–78). Kluwer Academic.
Keywords
living thingsbiophiliaplantsanimalsfungiinterconnectedspeciesecosystems
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At a Glance
Items10
Year2002
Reliabilityα = .82