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Environmental Attitudes Scale (Pettus & Giles)

Pettus & Giles · 1987

Overview

An environmental attitudes scale developed by Pettus and Giles (1987) for use with secondary school and college students. Measures attitudes toward environmental issues including pollution, resource conservation, wildlife protection, and population growth. Designed for use in educational settings to assess the effectiveness of environmental education programs. The scale emphasizes both cognitive beliefs about environmental problems and affective responses to environmental degradation.

Measure Details

Number of Items30 items
Response Scale5-point Likert (1 = Strongly Disagree, 5 = Strongly Agree)
Author(s)Pettus & Giles
Year Published1987
Internal Reliabilityα = .81–.88
DomainConservation Attitudes

Citation

Pettus, A. M., & Giles, M. B. (1987). Personality characteristics and environmental attitudes. Population and Environment, 9(3), 127–137.

Keywords

environmental attitudespollutionresource conservationwildlifepopulationsecondary schoolcollege studentsenvironmental education

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

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At a Glance

Items30
Year1987
Reliabilityα = .81–.88