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Environmental Connectivity Scale
Dutcher, Finley, Luloff & Johnson · 2007
Overview
Measures the extent to which individuals feel a sense of connection with their natural surroundings. Developed for use with rural landowners, the scale includes six Likert items and one visual Venn diagram item in which respondents indicate the degree of overlap between "self" and "nature." Three items make no reference to nature to capture a general sense of connectivity.
Measure Details
Number of Items7 items
Response Scale5-point Likert for items 1–6 (1 = Strongly Disagree, 5 = Strongly Agree); 3-point Venn diagram for item 7
Author(s)Dutcher, Finley, Luloff & Johnson
Year Published2007
Internal Reliabilityα = .72
DomainConnectedness with Nature
Citation
Dutcher, D., Finley, J., Luloff, A., & Johnson, J. (2007). Connectivity with nature as a measure of environmental values. Environment and Behavior, 39, 474–493.
Keywords
environmental connectivitynature connectionself-nature overlapVenn diagramlandownersruraloneness
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At a Glance
Items7
Year2007
Reliabilityα = .72