Endorsement of the New Ecological Paradigm

Abstract

Results from 240 students (120 each from Brazil and Norway) on the 15-item revised New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) show higher endorsement of the ecological paradigm from the Brazilians; suggestions are that this relates to cultural variables rather than to technological development variables. There is no consistent relationship between scores on the NEP and scores from tests of justice based and care based morality, gender roles, or cultural orientation. Alphas, inter-item correlations, and factor analysis show much variation between the samples, but the relative ranking of items show very high agreement.

Exploring the influence of outdoor recreation participation on pro-environmental behaviour in a demographically diverse population

“…In one of the more extensive studies of environmentalism among ethnic minorities in the USA, Whittaker et al (2005) concluded that -contrary to predictions based on the hierarchy of needs theory (Maslow 1943) -Latinos and African-Americans who are often among the poorest and least-educated members of society are equally concerned with environmental issues as white, non-Hispanics. International studies have indicated that a pro-ecological mindset actually may be more prevalent in less-developed countries such as Brazil, where natural and cultural elements are integrated and humans are more Local Environment commonly viewed as part of nature (Bechtel et al 1999, Vikan et al 2007. Although these studies seem to indicate the prominent influence of cultural factors on environmental attitudes and values globally, the environmental value orientations and PEB of racial and ethnic minorities in the USA have not been adequately examined.…”

Influence of an Environmental Studies Course on Attitudes of Undergraduates at an Engineering University

“…Whether the NEP scale represents a unidimensional (based on the summation of the 15 items) or a multidimensional construct has been a subject of debate in the literature. The NEP scale has been reported as a uni-dimensional scale represented by a summative score of the 15-items (Vikan, Camino, Biaggio, & Nordvik, 2007), as interrelated subscales based on the five facets (Amburgey & Thoman, 2012; Dunlap et al, 2000), as empirically derived subscales based on factor analysis (Hvenegaard, 2007) and as item-scale analyses of responses to each of the 15 questions (Teisl et al, 2011). Dunlap (2008) suggests that whether the scale should be treated as unidimensional or multidimensional should be based on analysis of the data gathered.…”

Ecological Worldview among Urban Design Professionals

“…Architects together with landscape architects constituted 72.0% of the urban design professionals and accordingly the vast majority had a university education of five years or more. Mean age was similar among males and females, 41 The mean score was similar with regard to gender (p = 0.528) and age dichotomized strata (p = 0.850). A multiple regression analysis of age, gender, and the interaction term between the two showed no statistical significance (p-value 0.740, 0.981, and 0.892, respectively).…”

“…Studies of students, whose mean aged was 21-24 years, with a majority of females reported the following sample size and mean NEP-score: UK (n = 200; mean 3.88), Brazil (n = 60; 3.73), Canada (n = 96; 3.83), Spain (n = 104; 3.83), the US (n = 245; 3.67), and various South America samples (n = 65-224; 3.69-4.11) [40][41][42][43][44]. Notably a German student cohort (75% females, mean age 24 years) reported a score higher than other student groups, 4.02 [45].…”