TABLE 8.
Items and factor-loading scores of the final version of the PAD-Ia
| Item | Caring for or Investment in Plants (α = 0.77) | Necessity of Plants/ Importance of Plants (α = 0.83) | Plants Better than Animals (α = 0.71) | Animals Better than Plants (α = 0.82) | Positive Affect (α = 0.77) | General Attention (α = 0.83) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. I enjoy caring for houseplants. | 0.725 | |||||
| 2. I enjoy caring for plants in an outdoor environment. | 0.897 | |||||
| 3. I care about the plants that are in my neighborhood. | 0.454 | |||||
| 4. Plants are important because they help reduce the effects of climate change. | 0.562 | |||||
| 5. Plants are an important source of food for the world. | 0.708 | |||||
| 6. Plants are important to ecosystems. | 0.800 | |||||
| 7. Plants are important because they are a source of oxygen. | 0.711 | |||||
| 8. Plants are important because they are a source of new medicines. | 0.602 | |||||
| 9. Animals need plants in order to survive. | 0.719 | |||||
| 10. I think plants are more useful to learn about than animals. | 0.691 | |||||
| 11. I think plants are more interesting to learn about than animals. | 0.674 | |||||
| 12. If I had to choose, I would rather keep houseplants than animal house pets. | 0.431 | |||||
| 13. When I go outdoors, I am more likely to notice the individual plants around me than any animals in the environment. | 0.335 | |||||
| 14. Learning about animals interests me more than learning about plants. | 0.762 | |||||
| 15. Animal conservation is more interesting to me than plant conservation. | 0.711 | |||||
| 16. I think animals are more interesting than plants, in general. | 0.838 | |||||
| 17. I enjoy going outdoors because of all the plants in the environment. | 0.408 | |||||
| 18. I would enjoy visiting a botanical garden. | 0.564 | |||||
| 19. I have a lot of good memories about plants. | 0.605 | |||||
| 20. Being around plants makes me feel happy. | 0.876 | |||||
| 21. In general, I think plants are very interesting organisms. | 0.409 | |||||
| 22. I notice the crops that are grown near where I live. | 0.402 | |||||
| 23. When I take a walk outside, I notice the plants around me. | 0.508 | |||||
| 24. When I am in a wooded area I notice individual plants, not just the forest as a whole. | 0.825 | |||||
| 25. I notice all the plants in my environment, not just those that I eat. | 0.758 |
aα indicates Cronbach’s alpha reliability score for each factor.