"Connectedness to Nature Scale": Validity and Reliability in the French Context

Connectedness to nature represents the relationship of the self with the natural environment and has been operationalized using different scales. One of the most systematically studied in the Anglo-Saxon context is the Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS). In an attempt to study the psychometric prop...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Frontiers in psychology 2017-12, Vol.8, p.2180-2180
Main Authors: Navarro, Oscar, Olivos, Pablo, Fleury-Bahi, Ghozlane
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
connectedness to nature
environmental identity
French context
Humanities and Social Sciences
Psychology
scale validation
well-being
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Connectedness to nature represents the relationship of the self with the natural environment and has been operationalized using different scales. One of the most systematically studied in the Anglo-Saxon context is the Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS). In an attempt to study the psychometric properties of this instrument in a French-speaking context, three studies (Study 1 = 204, Study 2 = 153, and Study 3 = 322) were carried out in France to provide evidence of the internal consistency of the CNS, as well as its convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity. Moreover, as anticipated, positive correlations between the CNS and the environmental identity and environmental concerns scales were observed. Based on factorial analyses of maximum likelihood and reliability, an improvement in the psychometric properties was identified by eliminating three items. Through confirmatory factor analysis, the factorial structure and the psychometric properties of the CNS French version were confirmed, as well as their significate regression prediction on eudaimonic wellbeing.
ISSN:1664-1078
1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02180