Climate Change Risk Perception
Psychology: Values & BeliefsReliability: alpha 0.893 sample items
About this scale
A multi-item measure of perceived risk from climate change — to oneself, to one's community, and globally.
Sample item(s)
“I am personally worried about climate change”
“Climate change is a serious threat to humanity”
“Climate change is already harming people in my country”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.89. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Foundational climate-perception measure.
Source & citation
Leiserowitz, A. (2006): Climate change risk perception and policy preferences: The role of affect, imagery, and values. Climatic Change, Vol. 77, No. 1–2, pp. 45–72.
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