Abstract
The new environmental paradigm (NEP) scale is a widely used instrument to measure human concern for the environment. Since its introduction in China in 2003, Chinese scholars have begun to effectively validate and evaluate its reliability, validity, dimensionality, and applicability in the country. They have made corresponding revisions and adjustments to develop an environmental concern measurement tool with Chinese characteristics. Based on the revised version of the NEP scale’s Chinese translation, this paper carries out a comprehensive review of the version revision, validation and evaluation, and practical application. This provides a theoretical basis for developing an environmental concern scale applicable to Chinese characteristics and is of great significance for developing the Chinese version of the NEP scale.
Highlights
In today's increasingly prominent global ecological crisis, environmental issues have become a common survival challenge for people worldwide
As scholars in various countries debated about the scale and new ecological issues emerged, Dunlap et al revised the old version of the new environmental paradigm scale (NEP) scale in 2000[3] was shown in Table 1 to better test the structure and unity of humans' ecological worldviews and the relationships among a range of specific environmental attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors
Version 07 of the NEP scale, called the Chinese new environmental paradigm (CNEP) scale, had better reliability and validity levels for measuring Chinese urban and rural residents' environmental concerns compared to Version 00 of the NEP scale[6,10]
Summary
In today's increasingly prominent global ecological crisis, environmental issues have become a common survival challenge for people worldwide. Understanding human beings' cognitive belief in the sustainability of natural ecology[1] plays a vital role in protecting the earth's ecological environment. As scholars in various countries debated about the scale and new ecological issues emerged, Dunlap et al revised the old version of the NEP scale in 2000[3] was shown in Table 1 to better test the structure and unity of humans' ecological worldviews and the relationships among a range of specific environmental attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. Humans have the right to modify the natural environment to suit their needs. The earth has plenty of natural resources if we just learn how to develop them. Due to the strong global promotion value of the NEP scale[1,5], Chinese scholars paved the way to explore the NEP scale locally since it was first cited in a comprehensive social survey in urban China in 2003 by Da Yong[4]
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