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Place AttachmentPMS✓ Validated
Place Meaning Scale
Stedman · 2003
Overview
Measures the meanings people ascribe to natural places, including spiritual, aesthetic, recreational, and ecological meanings. Captures the symbolic and experiential dimensions of place meaning that go beyond functional attachment, including the role of natural places in personal narrative and cultural identity.
Measure Details
Number of Items18 items
Response Scale5-point Likert (1 = Not at all, 5 = Extremely)
Author(s)Stedman
Year Published2003
Internal Reliabilityα = .84
DomainPlace Attachment
Citation
Stedman, R. C. (2003). Is it really just a social construction? The contribution of the physical environment to sense of place. Society & Natural Resources, 16(8), 671–685.
Keywords
place meaningspiritualaestheticrecreationalecologicalsymbolicnarrative
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At a Glance
Items18
Year2003
Reliabilityα = .84