Validity and Reliability Study of Environmental Awareness and Attitude Scale for Preschool Children
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The aim of this study is to conduct validity and reliability study of the Environmental Awareness and
Attitude Scale for Preschool Children .This study is conducted with 310 children who are having preschool
education. At the end of the factor analysis results, there are three factors that explain 44.02% of the total
variance in Environmental Attitude subscale. In the Environmental Awareness subscale, 3 factors that
explain 40.94% of total variance were found. The correlation coefficients between the factors of the
Environmental Awareness subscale were r =.80, .78 and .83 and for the Environmental Attitudes subscale
were r =.70, .79 and .72 respectively. In statistics done for the reliability study of the Environmental
Attitudes subscale, the Spearman Brown reliability coefficient was found to be .75, and the Cronbach’s
alpha reliability coefficient was found to be .73. For the Environmental Awareness subscale these
coefficients were found to be .65 and .66 respectively. For the whole scale the Spearman Brown reliability
coefficient was found to be .60, while the Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient was found to be .67.
According to t-test results concerning the significance of the difference between the upper and lower 27%
of the total scores, there is a significant difference in favor of the upper group. The item discrimination
power of Environmental Attitudes subscale varies between .34 and .47, for Environmental Awareness
subscale it varies between .32 and .40. The scale’s average item discrimination power is .38. This value
indicates that the scale has a discrimination feature. As a result it can be claimed that a scale with 26
items and two subscales is a valid and reliable scale for 60-66 month old children.
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