Analyzing Attitudes to Promote Sustainability: The Adaptation of the Environmental Concern Scale (ECs) to the Italian Context

Andrea Zammitti (), Giuseppe Santisi, Paola Magnano and Santo Di Nuovo
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Andrea Zammitti: Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padova, 35139 Padova, Italy
Giuseppe Santisi: Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania, Via Biblioteca 4, 95124 Catania, Italy
Paola Magnano: Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University, Cittadella Universitaria, 94100 Enna, Italy
Santo Di Nuovo: Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania, Via Biblioteca 4, 95124 Catania, Italy

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 14, 1-14

Abstract: The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Environmental Concern scale (ECs) in the Italian context. Three studies were conducted. In Study 1, we carried out an exploratory factor analysis and a 2-factor solution-biospheric concern and egoistic concern—was confirmed. In Study 2, we tested the structure of the eight-items version of the ECs, using confirmatory factor analysis. The 2-factor structure was the best factorial solution. In this study we correlated the dimensions of ECs with life satisfaction and climate change worry. As expected, biospheric concern was significantly related to climate change worry, and egoistic concern was significantly related to life satisfaction. In Study 3, we tested the gender invariance. The ECs structure was the same for men and women. These studies demonstrate that the ECs possess good construct validity, factor structure, and invariance between genders. The measure can be used in the Italian context for future research.

Keywords: environmental concern; psychometric properties; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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