Medidas del comportamiento ecológico y antecedentesconceptualización y validación empírica de escalas
- María Jesús López Miguens 1
- Paula Álvarez González 1
- Encarnación González Vázquez 1
- María José García Rodríguez 1
- 1 Universidad de Vigo, España
ISSN: 1657-9267
Year of publication: 2015
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Pages: 189-204
Type: Article
More publications in: Universitas psychologica
Abstract
This study validates using confirmatory factor analysis the scale of ecological behavior, which measures the implementation of actions that intend to protect and/or preserve the environment, and the scales of variables used in literature in order to explain that behavior: environmental knowledge, beliefs associated with environmental awareness, values and ecological behavior intention. Using a sample of 497 individuals in Spain selected by non-probability quota sampling, the psychometric properties of the scales were analyzed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The results show the multidimensional nature of knowledge (basic knowledge –CB and expert knowledge –CEX) and environmental behavior (waste management –GEB and environmental implication –IM) scales and the one-dimensional nature of the rest of measures. The validation, using confirmatory factor analysis of the selected variables, provides an important contribution to future research.