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New Trends in Measuring Environmental Attitudes: Measuring Endorsement of the New Ecological Paradigm: A Revised NEP Scale
Article first published online: 17 DEC 2002
DOI: 10.1111/0022-4537.00176
2000 TheSociety for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
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Dunlap, R. E., Van Liere, K. D., Mertig, A. G. and Jones, R. E. (2000), New Trends in Measuring Environmental Attitudes: Measuring Endorsement of the New Ecological Paradigm: A Revised NEP Scale. Journal of Social Issues, 56: 425–442. doi: 10.1111/0022-4537.00176
Publication History
- Issue published online: 17 DEC 2002
- Article first published online: 17 DEC 2002
Dunlap and Van Liere's New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) Scale, published in 1978, has become a widely used measure of proenvironmental orientation. This article develops a revised NEP Scale designed to improve upon the original one in several respects: (1) It taps a wider range of facets of an ecological worldview, (2) It offers a balanced set of pro- and anti-NEP items, and (3) It avoids outmoded terminology. The new scale, termed the New Ecological Paradigm Scale, consists of 15 items. Results of a 1990 Washington State survey suggest that the items can be treated as an internally consistent summated ratingscale and also indicate a modest growth in pro-NEP responses among Washington residents over the 14 years since the original study.