Spanish version of the Children’s Ecological Behavior (CEB) Scale

Children’s pro-ecological behaviors are usually registered using scales based on the idea of a simple connection between attitudes and behaviors. However, this relationship seems to be more complicated. The Children’s Ecological Behavior (CEB) Scale has been proposed as an alternative. Based on the...

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Autores: Collado Salas, Silvia, Corraliza Rodríguez, José Antonio, Sorrel Luján, Miguel Ángel, W. Evans, Gary
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/665720
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/665720
https://dx.doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2014.117
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Children
Pro-ecological behavior
Rasch model
Niños
Comportamiento pro-ecológico
Modelo de Rasch
Psicología
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Sumario:Children’s pro-ecological behaviors are usually registered using scales based on the idea of a simple connection between attitudes and behaviors. However, this relationship seems to be more complicated. The Children’s Ecological Behavior (CEB) Scale has been proposed as an alternative. Based on the Rasch model, it considers the different efforts needed to conduct a series of behaviors. This paper presents an improved adaptation of the CEB to Spanish population. Method: We back-translated the CEB into Spanish, increased the number of behaviors and collected data from 6- to 12-year-olds, using a game format procedure. Results: The scale can detect differences in the effort needed to perform various behaviors. Children’s pro-ecological attitudes and behaviors are positively related. No relationship was found between parents’ and children’s proecological attitudes and behaviors. Conclusions: The Spanish version of the CEB scale emerges as a reliable tool to measure children’s proecological behaviors