The Climate Change Action Inventory: Reliability

Transcript:The Climate Change Action Inventory: Reliability:
The Climate Change Action Inventory: Reliability and Validity Kimberly A. Barchard, Cassandra K. Hoffman, Orei Z. Odents, and Kai Okagawa University of Nevada, Las Vegas Contact: kim.barchard@unlv.edu APA Division 34 Online Conference, Blitz talk Climate Change Action Inventory 77 Items Measuring frequency of actions that can reduce climate change. 8 Domains Energy Conservation Water Conservation Transportation Climate-Friendly Food Choices Reducing Food Waste Climate-Friendly Purchasing Choices Recycling Removing Carbon from the Atmosphere 2 Several times per week Direct Use public transit Eat vegan / vegetarian meals Air dry laundry Indirect Buy carbon offsets Encourage others to conserve water Give time or money to organizations working to reduce food waste Climate Change Action Inventory: Method 500 MTurk workers in the United States Removed 15 climate change deniers 485 Final Sample 203 female, 279 male, 3 non-binary Ages 19 – 76 (M = 39.6, SD = 11.8) 82.9% Caucasian/White, 8.5% African American/Black, 5.2% Asian 3 Reliability Item analyses Every item correlated positively with their domains Confirmatory factor analysis 8-factor model fit well: CFI = .97, TLI = .97, RMSEA = .058 Internal consistency Every domain had strong internal consistency (range .82 - .97) 4 Climate Change Anxiety 5 r(483) = .64** Most people aren’t anxious about climate change (consistent with Clayton & Karazsia, 2020). People who are more anxious are taking more actions. Direct Experience with Climate Change 6 r(483) = .40** Greater experience of climate change is associated with more action (consistent with Clayton & Karazsia, 2020) People who have direct experience of climate change aren’t always taking action. Climate Change Trust 7 r(483) = .43** Greater trust is associated with more action (similar to Hine et al. 2013; Li & Monroe, 2017). The people who are trying the hardest vary in their trust. Some people trust others to solve climate change problems and aren’t taking action. 8 r(483) = .26** Smaller relationship than Li & Monroe (2017; r = .63 with self-efficacy) People who feel little hope are taking few actions. People who are taking many actions are relatively hopeful. Climate Change Hope Climate Change Action Inventory Available at the end of this PowerPoint Or from kim.barchard@unlv.edu 9 Questions and Comments 10 References Barchard, K. A., Hoffman, C. K., Okagawa, K., & Odents, O. (2021). Climate Change Trust Scale. Unpublished psychological test. Available from kim.barchard@unlv.edu Barchard, K. A., Okagawa, K., +Hoffman, C. K., & Odents, O. (2021). Climate Change Action Inventory.