Niklas Gericke|Jelle Boeve?de Pauw|Teresa Berglund|Daniel Olsson
The Sustainability Consciousness Questionnaire: The theoretical development and empirical validation of an evaluation instrument for stakeholders working with sustainable development
Karlstad University|University of Antwerp|Karlstad University|Karlstad University|Karlstad University
abstract paper concept sustainability consciousness individuals experience awareness sustainable development introduced based unescos definition sustainable development sustainability consciousness questionnaire scq theoretically empirically developed using data 638 respondents sweden aged 1819 years old scale developed two versions long version scql used measure individuals environmental social economic knowingness attitudes behaviour nine valid reliable subscales addition second order constructs sustainability knowingness sustainability attitudes sustainability behaviour well third order construct sustainability consciousness short version scqs 27 items identified used measure second third order constructs versions scale present excellent psychometric quality possible applications questionnaire instruments context evaluation sustainability policies practices stakeholder engagement discussed