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2023
Measuring adolescents’ level of interest in nature: A promising psychological factor facilitating nature protection
Measuring adolescents’ level of interest in nature: A promising psychological factor facilitating nature protection
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Studies indicate that young people are more prepared to engage in pro-environmental behavior if they are interested in nature and recognize it as worthy of protection. However, a reliable instrument to measure adolescents’ interest in nature is still lacking. Therefore, we developed a new metric, the Scale of Interest in Nature (SIN). It consists of 18 items, is based on Item-Response-Theory and was validated using the known group approach (N = 351 adolescents). Results indicate that adolescents’ interest in nature correlates positively with their connection with nature, their intention to preserve nature and engagement in pro-environmental activities in their free time. Bivariate Pearson correlations between the SIN and the Connectedness to Nature Scale (INS), as well as the Environmental Values model (2-MEV) demonstrated the scale’s construct validity. Hence, the SIN scale provides an economical way to measure adolescents’ interest in nature in research contexts or environmental and sustainability education settings.
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Frontiers in psychology, 14 (2023), 1186557.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1186557.
ISSN: 1664-1078
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@article{Neurohr2023,
url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/16249},
doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1186557},
author = {Neurohr, Anna-Lena and Pasch, Nadine and Otto, Siegmar et al.},
title = {Measuring adolescents’ level of interest in nature: A promising psychological factor facilitating nature protection},
journal = {Frontiers in psychology},
year = {2023},
volume = {14},
}