New Ecological Paradigm Scale.

NEP

What it measures

Endorsement of a pro-ecological worldview (limits to growth, anti-anthropocentrism, fragility of nature's balance, rejection of human exemptionalism, possibility of eco-crisis)

Length and format

15 (revised 2000; 8 pro-NEP + 7 pro-DSP items); original New Environmental Paradigm = 12 items (1978). 5-point agreement (Likert) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Translated into many languages worldwide (e.g. ES, FR, DE, ZH, JA, TR, and others); a global standard in environmental-attitudes research

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Dunlap, R. E., Van Liere, K. D., Mertig, A. G., & Jones, R. E. (2000). Measuring endorsement of the New Ecological Paradigm: A revised NEP scale. Journal of Social Issues, 56(3), 425-442.