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Sustainable ConsumptionSCS✓ Validated
Sustainable Consumption Scale
Pepper, Jackson & Uzzell · 2009
Overview
Measures attitudes and behaviors related to sustainable consumption, including reduced consumption, ethical purchasing, second-hand buying, product longevity, and rejection of planned obsolescence. Captures both the motivational (values, attitudes) and behavioral (purchasing decisions, consumption patterns) dimensions of sustainable consumption.
Measure Details
Number of Items20 items
Response Scale5-point Likert (1 = Strongly Disagree, 5 = Strongly Agree)
Author(s)Pepper, Jackson & Uzzell
Year Published2009
Internal Reliabilityα = .81
DomainSustainable Consumption
Citation
Pepper, M., Jackson, T., & Uzzell, D. (2009). An examination of the values that motivate socially conscious and frugal consumer behaviours. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 33(2), 126–136.
Keywords
sustainable consumptionethical purchasingfrugalitysecond-handplanned obsolescenceconsumer behavior
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At a Glance
Items20
Year2009
Reliabilityα = .81