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1Department of Mathematics and Science, Faculty of Education, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey.
Scientific Reports
|May 21, 2025
Summary
A new Environmental Behavior Scale (EBS) effectively measures prospective teachers' environmental actions. Validated using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), the scale offers insights for environmental education program development.
Area of Science:
- Environmental Psychology
- Educational Measurement
- Teacher Education
Background:
- Assessing environmental behavior is crucial for effective environmental education.
- Prospective teachers play a key role in shaping future generations' environmental awareness.
- Existing instruments may lack robustness or specific focus on teacher candidates.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate a reliable measurement instrument, the Environmental Behavior Scale (EBS), for assessing prospective teachers' environmental behavior.
- To examine the construct validity of the EBS using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB).
- To confirm the psychometric properties of the EBS through rigorous statistical analysis.
Main Methods:
- Content validity was established through expert evaluations.
- Construct validity was assessed using Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA).
- Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was employed to analyze relationships between TPB constructs and the EBS, including measurement invariance testing for gender.
Main Results:
- EFA identified an 18-item, five-factor model for the EBS.
- CFA confirmed the model's favorable fit indices, supporting its structure.
- SEM revealed positive cognitive, affective, and behavioral responses towards environmental issues among teacher candidates, with the model showing measurement invariance across genders.
Conclusions:
- The Environmental Behavior Scale (EBS) is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring environmental behavior in teacher candidates.
- The EBS provides valuable insights into attitude towards behavior, perceived behavioral control, subjective norm, behavioral intention, and actual behavior.
- Findings support the EBS's utility in environmental education research and practice for teacher training programs.
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