Adaptive General Ecological Behaviour Scale

Short Description: The adaptive General Ecological Behavior scale (a-GEB) was designed to provide an economic assessment of a person’s propensity to engage in an ecological lifestyle. As such, it is especially useful for promoting sustainable development in science-based policy making. Its construct validity and external validity were previously established for non-adaptive versions (e.g., Kaiser, Byrka, & Hartig, 2010).

Methodological Details: 50 self-report items. Examples include “For going to work or school, I use the bike, public transport or I go by foot.”, “I purchased a solar energy plant.” and “In the winter I turn down my heating when I leave my apartment for more than four hours.”

Available Papers
  • Otto, Siegmar, Ulf Kröhne, and David Richter. 2018. The dominance of introspective measures and what this implies: The example of environmental attitude. PLOS ONE 13 (2), e0192907. (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192907)

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Sigmar Otto (Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg), Florian G. Kaiser (Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg)

2012

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