Development and Validation of an Environmental Quality of Life Scale: Study of a French Sample

Ghozlane Fleury-Bahi (), Aurore Marcouyeux, Marie Préau and Thouraya Annabi-Attia

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2013, vol. 113, issue 3, 903-913

Abstract: The objective of this research is to develop a scale of perceived environmental quality of life and test its factorial structure and validity. The constitutive items of the scale were generated using semi-directive interviews. Four principal quality of life factors were isolated in an exploratory study carried out with 760 participants. This factorial structure was then established in a cross-validation of the scale during a confirmatory study applied to a second sample of 740 participants. The internal consistency of the environmental quality of life dimensions, the adequacy of the measurement model to the data, and the stability of the factorial structure are all proof of the good psychometric qualities of this scale. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2013

Keywords: Environmental quality of life; Environment; Validation; Scale (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0119-4

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