TABLE 7.

Study 2: final results of confirmatory factor analysis for the Maloney et al. (1975) scale (N = 324).

	F1	F2	F3	M	SD
Verbal commitment (α = 0.73, ω = 0.74)
I’d be willing to ride a bike or take the bus to work in order to reduce air pollution. [MWB 1]	0.67			3.50	1.17
* I would probably never join a group or club which is concerned solely with ecological issues [MWB 2]	0.68			3.11	1.19
* I’m not willing to give up driving on a weekend due to a smog alert. [MWB 4]	0.59			3.29	1.11
I would donate a day’s pay to a foundation to help improve the environment. [MWB 6]	0.63			2.77	1.16
Actual commitment (α = 0.88, ω = 0.88)
I have written to a congressmen concerning pollution problems. [MWB 13]		0.80		1.64	1.11
I have contacted community agencies to find out what I can do about pollution. [MWB 14]		0.80		1.79	1.06
I have attended a meeting of an organization specifically concerned with bettering the environment. [MWB 16]		0.85		1.80	1.13
I have joined cleanup drives. [MWB 18]		0.74		2.13	1.18
Affect (α = 0.83, ω = 0.84)
It genuinely infuriates me to think that the government doesn’t do more to help control pollution of the environment. [MWB 23]			0.76	3.53	1.15
I become incensed when I think about the harm being done to plant and animal life by pollution. [MWB 25]			0.80	3.54	1.06
* I’m usually not bothered by so-called “noise pollution.” [MWB 26]			0.44	3.38	1.17
When I think of the ways industries are polluting, I get frustrated and angry. [MWB 28]			0.79	3.67	1.02
* The whole pollution issue has never upset me too much since I feel it’s somewhat overrated. [MWB 29]			0.74	3.70	1.14

Reverse coded items are indicated with an asterisk (*). These items were recoded before calculating means.