Development and validation of scales to measure environmental responsibility, character development, and attitudes toward school

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-111

  Powell, Robert Baxter ^a   Stern, Marc J ^b   Krohn, Brian D ^c   Ardoin, Nicole ^d  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation ^*  (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward school; Character development; Environmental education; Environmental responsibility; Measurement invariance; Scale development; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951569273     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504621003692891     Document Type: Article

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