RT Journal Article
T1 Evaluating climate change competence in pre-teens: instrument development and validation
A1 Ortega Quevedo, Vanessa
A1 López Luengo, María Antonia
A1 Ferrari, Enzo
A1 Ruiz, Camilo
AB The aim of this study is to design and validate a tool to measure the three levels (knowledge, skill and attitude) of climate change competence in children aged 10–12 years (pre-teens). The scale was designed on the basis of an exhaustive literature review and the evaluation of a panel of CC experts. The initial model constructed was refined based on a pilot study with 67 children and a new evaluation by the panel of experts. The resulting scale was then validated using the confirmatory composite analysis using partial least squares-structural equation modelling (N = 459). The final scale consists of 30 items divided into the three dimensions of competence and the distribution of items is as follows: 14 in knowledge (three items in biophysical processes, three in causes, three in consequences and three in mitigation), nine in skill (three in consumerism, three in transport and three in energy saving) and nine in attitude (three in worry, three in hope and three in interest). Based on the high loadings obtained in the different sub-dimensions in the validation process, it is determined that the instrument “climate change competence scale in pre-teens” is reliable and suitable for the assessment of competence in students of this age range.
PB Elsevier
SN 1522-9610
YR 2024
FD 2024-05-27
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/109410
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/109410
LA eng
NO Ortega-Quevedo, V., López-Luengo, M.A., Ferrari, E., y Ruiz, C. (2024). Evaluating climate change competence in pre-teens: Instrument development and validation, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 96, 102329, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102329
NO Grant \u201CEducaci\u00F3n para el Cambio Clim\u00E1tico y la Sostenibilidad, un estudio longitudinal de aprendizaje intergeneracional\u201D PID2020-114358RB-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 ERDF A way of making Europe.
NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
NO European Commission
NO Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 9 abr 2025