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Conservation AttitudesEA-Adol✓ Validated

Environmental Attitudes Scale for Adolescents

Musser & Malkus · 1994

Overview

A measure of environmental attitudes specifically developed and validated for use with adolescent populations (ages 12–18). Assesses attitudes toward nature, environmental concern, and support for conservation across cognitive, affective, and behavioral dimensions. Adapted from adult environmental attitude instruments to be developmentally appropriate in language and content. Widely used in environmental education research to assess attitude change following curriculum interventions.

Measure Details

Number of Items24 items
Response Scale5-point Likert (1 = Strongly Disagree, 5 = Strongly Agree)
Author(s)Musser & Malkus
Year Published1994
Internal Reliabilityα = .76–.83
DomainConservation Attitudes

Citation

Musser, L. M., & Malkus, A. J. (1994). The Children's Attitudes Toward the Environment Scale. Journal of Environmental Education, 25(3), 22–26.

Keywords

adolescentsenvironmental attitudesyouthconservationenvironmental educationchildrendevelopmental

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Free to use for research and educational purposes. Please cite the original authors.

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At a Glance

Items24
Year1994
Reliabilityα = .76–.83