Socially desirable responding in an environmental context: development of a domain specific scale

Autor:	Alan Ewert, Graeme Galloway
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Environmental education business.industry Impression management Scale (social sciences) Self-concept Construct validity Sample (statistics) Context (language use) Relevance (information retrieval) business Psychology Social psychology Education
Zdroj:	Environmental Education Research. 15:55-70
ISSN:	1469-5871 1350-4622
DOI:	10.1080/13504620802613504
Popis:	Numerous studies have pointed to a gap between the attitudes people express about the natural environment and their subsequent behaviors toward that environment. Variables identified within these studies include: how significant others view behaviors related to the attitudes; demographic variables such as sex, age or education; self‐perceived ability to do the attitude‐related behavior; attitude strength; and personal relevance of the attitude. This study proposes the concept of environmental desirability responding (EDR) as another factor which might contribute to the attitude‐behavior discrepancy. The development and construct validation of the Environmentally Desirable Response Scale (EDRS), which is designed to identify the existence and level of EDR, is described. The EDRS contains items designed to measure two types of socially desirable responding – ‘Self‐deception’ and ‘Image management’. A total of 1024 usable data sets were obtained from a sample of respondents in several countries (Japan, the U...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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