Portuguese Validation of the Climate Change Attitude Survey: Psychometric Properties and Relations with Positive Youth Development

Autor/inn/en	Pereira, Teresa; Freire, Teresa; Tavares, Dionísia
Titel	Portuguese Validation of the Climate Change Attitude Survey: Psychometric Properties and Relations with Positive Youth Development
Quelle	In: European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 20 (2023) 5, S.875-888 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Pereira, Teresa) ORCID (Freire, Teresa) ORCID (Tavares, Dionísia)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1740-5629
DOI	10.1080/17405629.2023.2226389
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Test Validity; Climate; Change; Attitudes; Adolescents; Young Adults; Psychometrics; Measures (Individuals); Factor Analysis; Test Reliability; Youth Programs; Teaching Methods; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Testvalidität; Klima; Wandel; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Messdaten; Faktorenanalyse; Testreliabilität; Jugendsofortprogramm; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Promoting positive development may lead to young people's active contributions to their environment through positive attitudes and behaviours. The Climate Change Attitude Survey (15-item version) aims to identify climate change attitudes differences in groups of students and to assess pre- to post-intervention attitude changes. We intended to validate and test a possible extension of this scale among a Portuguese sample of adolescents and emerging adults. We also investigated whether higher scores on this scale would be positively associated with positive youth development. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, measurement invariance, and convergent validity were assessed. The results showed good psychometric properties aligned with the original factorial structure. Significant differences were found among female and male samples regarding beliefs and intentions. A small but significant positive association was identified with a positive youth development scale. We suggest this may be an adequate instrument to assess youth climate change beliefs and intentions. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01