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dc.contributor.authorRegmi, Shakil
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Bruce
dc.contributor.authorDahal, Bed Mani
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-30T21:48:37Z
dc.date.available2020-04-30T21:48:37Z
dc.date.issued2019-12-24
dc.identifier.citationRegmi, S.; Johnson, B.; Dahal, B.M. Analysing the Environmental Values and Attitudes of Rural Nepalese Children by Validating the 2-MEV Model. Sustainability 2020, 12, 164.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su12010164
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/641149
dc.description.abstractThe Two-dimensional Model of Ecological Values (2-MEV), developed and verified in Western Europe, successfully explores the environmental values and attitudes of the children (11-16 years old) using questionnaires/items. However, the reliability of the 2-MEV Scale and its bi-dimensionality in a non-industrialised country, such as Nepal, is unexplored. Nepal lies within the monsoon region, which triggers extreme environmental crises such as floods. As environmental values and attitudes are related to pro-environmental/adaptive behaviour, this study analyses not only the values and attitudes of children but also the validity of the 2-MEV Scale in a different geographic and socioeconomic setting. Therefore, the items of the 2-MEV Scale were modified, translated, and validated in two rounds with 200 and 201 children. Results were examined using principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis, respectively. The findings validated the two constructs of environmental values (Preservation and Utilisation) with a correlation of -0.93, but the attitude's pattern varied from that found in industrialised countries. Finally, the rural Nepalese version of the 2-MEV was used to measure environmental values. Most children (78.62% from n = 379) show an inclination towards Preservation, 0.26% towards Utilisation, 20.05% towards both values partially, and 1.05% were neutral. In general, the children held pro-environmental values and attitudes.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectenvironmental attitudeen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental valuesen_US
dc.subject2-MEV modelen_US
dc.subjectrural Nepalen_US
dc.titleAnalysing the Environmental Values and Attitudes of Rural Nepalese Children by Validating the 2-MEV Modelen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniv Arizona, Coll Educen_US
dc.identifier.journalSUSTAINABILITYen_US
dc.description.noteOpen access journalen_US
dc.description.collectioninformationThis item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.en_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.identifier.piisu12010164
dc.source.journaltitleSustainability
dc.source.volume12
dc.source.issue1
dc.source.beginpage164
refterms.dateFOA2020-04-30T21:48:39Z


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Copyright © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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