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Place AttachmentPAS✓ Validated
Place Attachment Scale
Williams & Vaske · 2003
Overview
Measures emotional bonds between people and natural places. Includes subscales for place identity (place as part of self) and place dependence (place as functional support for goals).
Measure Details
Number of Items12 items
Response Scale5-point Likert (1 = Strongly Disagree, 5 = Strongly Agree)
Author(s)Williams & Vaske
Year Published2003
Internal Reliabilityα = .90 to .95
DomainPlace Attachment
Citation
Williams, D. R., & Vaske, J. J. (2003). The measurement of place attachment: Validity and generalizability of a psychometric approach. Forest Science, 49(6), 830–840.
Keywords
placeattachmentidentitydependencenatural
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At a Glance
Items12
Year2003
Reliabilityα = .90 to .95