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. 2019 Feb 22;10:230. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00230

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for Study 1.

Type of measure Variable Minimum (absolute) Mean Maximum (absolute) SD α
Covariates Skepticism 1.00 (1) 2.37 5 (5) 0.96 0.86
Behavioral control 1.50 (1) 2.99 4.17 (5) 0.43 0.83
Ductile worldview 1.00 (1) 3.76 5.00 (5) 0.73 0.86
Elastic worldview 1.00 (1) 2.27 4.28 (5) 0.76 0.85
Time perspective 1.00 (1) 5.00 6.80 (7) 0.75 0.87
Place attachment 1.00 (0) 3.52 5.00 (6) 0.97 0.87
Psychological distance PD1 1.00 (1) 2.43 4.28 (5) 0.83 0.93
PD2 0.00 (0) 42.10 100 (100) 18.13 0.76
Construal level BIF 0.00 (0) 0.59 1.00 (1) 0.23 0.85
RCW 0.11 (0) 1.52 3.00 (3) 0.50 0.79
Environmental (E) 0.08 (0) 1.53 3.00 (3) 0.54 0.63
General (G) 0.00 (0) 1.51 3.00 (3) 0.66 0.65
Dependent measures Individual pro-environmental behavior 1.00 (1) 3.50 5 (5) 0.49 0.69
Policy choice 1.00 (1) 3.32 5 (5) 1.46 NA

Belief-type % of sample

Deny 6%
Belief in climate Don’t know 4%
change Natural causes 32%
Anthropogenic 58%

PD, psychological distance; BIF, Behavioral Identification Form; RCW, Response Category Width.