TABLE 5.
Study 2: final results of confirmatory factor analysis for the Schultz scale (N = 313).
F1 | F2 | F3 | M | SD | |
Biospheric concern (α = 0.95, ω = 0.95) | |||||
Plants [SC 1] | 0.86 | 4.03 | 1.04 | ||
Marine life [SC 2] | 0.94 | 4.15 | 0.97 | ||
Birds [SC 3] | 0.91 | 4.07 | 0.94 | ||
Animals [SC 4] | 0.91 | 4.25 | 0.84 | ||
Egoistic concern (α = 0.92, ω = 0.92) | |||||
Me [SC 5] | 0.81 | 4.28 | 0.95 | ||
My health [SC 7] | 0.91 | 4.32 | 0.92 | ||
My future [SC 8] | 0.93 | 4.19 | 1.01 | ||
Social-altruistic concern (α = 0.91, ω = 0.91) | |||||
All people [SC 10] | 0.91 | 4.26 | 0.94 | ||
Children [SC 11] | 0.91 | 4.38 | 0.89 |
The prompt for each item was “I am concerned about environmental problems because of the consequences for_____________.