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)

Contact	Year	Respondents	Dataset	Variables	Availability	Field	Method
Sigmar Otto, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg [E-Mail],`Florian G. Kaiser <http://www.ipsy.ovgu.de/ipsy/en/fgk-path-980,1404,31,196-p-210.html>`_, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg [E-Mail]	2012	474	inno	geb1017, geb1022, geb1003, geb1007, geb2009, geb2008, geb_se, geb1030, geb1028, geb1027, geb2003, geb1015, geb2016, geb2004, geb2017, geb2015, geb1013, geb1024, geb1009, geb1018, geb1019, geb_first, geb1011, geb1008, geb1032, geb1005, geb1006, geb2010, geb2007, geb2018, geb2013, geb1010, geb2001, geb1020, geb2014, geb1031, geb2005, geb1012, geb1025, geb1029, geb1001, geb1023, geb1021, im_geb, geb1026, geb2002, geb2006, geb2012, geb1004, geb2011, geb1014, geb_theta, geb1016, geb1002	04/2015	Psychology	Survey items