"Connectedness with Nature Scale": Validity and reliability in the French context.

Connectedness to nature represents the relationship of the self with the natural environment and has been operationalized using different scales. One of the most systematically studied in the Anglo-Saxon context is the Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS). In an attempt to study the psychometric prop...

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Autores: Navarro Carrascal, Oscar, Olivos Jara, Pablo César, Fleury-bahi , Ghozlane
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2017
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositório:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/34966
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/10578/34966
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Connectedness to nature
Validity
Reliability
French context
Psychometric properties
Environmental identity
Environmental concerns
Factorial analysis
Confirmatory factor analysis
Eudaimonic wellbeing
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Resumo:Connectedness to nature represents the relationship of the self with the natural environment and has been operationalized using different scales. One of the most systematically studied in the Anglo-Saxon context is the Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS). In an attempt to study the psychometric properties of this instrument in a French-speaking context, three studies were carried out in France to provide evidence of the internal consistency of the CNS, as well as its convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity. Moreover, as anticipated, positive correlations between the CNS and the environmental identity and environmental concerns scales were observed. Based on factorial analyses of maximum likelihood and reliability, an improvement in the psychometric properties was identified by eliminating three items. Through confirmatory factor analysis, the factorial structure and the psychometric properties of the CNS French version were confirmed, as well as their significate regression prediction on eudaimonic wellbeing.