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Environmental Identity Scale
Clayton · 2003
Overview
A 24-item scale measuring the degree to which the natural environment is an important part of a person's self-concept. Captures how much people see themselves as environmentalists and feel a sense of identity with the natural world.
Measure Details
Number of Items24 items
Response Scale7-point Likert (1 = Not at all true, 7 = Completely true)
Author(s)Clayton
Year Published2003
Internal Reliabilityα = .95
DomainEnvironmental Identity
Citation
Clayton, S. (2003). Environmental identity: A conceptual and an operational definition. In S. Clayton & S. Opsotow (Eds.), Identity and the natural environment (pp. 45–65). MIT Press.
Keywords
identityself-conceptenvironmentalistnaturepersonal
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At a Glance
Items24
Year2003
Reliabilityα = .95