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Environmental EducationESES✓ Validated
Environmental Self-Efficacy Scale
Bandura · 1977
Overview
Measures individuals' beliefs in their capacity to perform pro-environmental behaviors and to make a meaningful difference to environmental outcomes. Captures both action self-efficacy (confidence in performing specific behaviors) and coping self-efficacy (confidence in overcoming barriers to environmental action).
Measure Details
Number of Items12 items
Response Scale7-point Likert (1 = Cannot do at all, 7 = Highly certain can do)
Author(s)Bandura
Year Published1977
Internal Reliabilityα = .84
DomainEnvironmental Education
Citation
Bandura, A. (1977). Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Psychological Review, 84(2), 191–215.
Keywords
self-efficacyenvironmentalactioncopingbarriersconfidencebehavior
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At a Glance
Items12
Year1977
Reliabilityα = .84