Test-retest reliability and construct validity of the Pro-Environmental Behavior Task

The study of pro-environmental behavior has been dominated by self-report scales and field 25 observations. Although both approaches have their merits, they also suffer from critical 26 limitations that obstruct progress towards a better understanding of pro-environmental 27 behavior. The Pro-Environmental Behavior Task (PEBT) was developed to address these 28 limitations by facilitating the study of actual pro-environmental behavior under controlled 29 laboratory conditions. In the present research, we examined whether the PEBT can also 30 provide a valid and reliable indicator of people’s propensity to show pro-environmental 31 behavior. In support of the task’s test-retest reliability, we found PEBT choice behavior to be 32 strongly correlated across a period of approximately one month (r = .81). In addition, PEBT 33 performance was significantly correlated to both objective observations and subjective reports 34 of other pro-environmental behaviors. Our results further suggest participants’ PEBT choices 35 to be most closely related to individual differences in transportation behavior. These findings 36 indicate that the PEBT might prove useful not only as a procedure for the experimental study 37 of pro-environmental behavior, but also for the performance-based assessment of a person’s 38 propensity to engage in pro-environmental behavior.

Jaar van publicatie:2021

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Authors from:Higher Education

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