Construction and Validation of Nature Contact Scale for Adults of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Human beings have an innate tendency to feel attachment with plants, animals and other natural things which are necessary for the sustainability of life on earth. Human beings show their love for life by Nature Contact through different nature based activities like gardening/horticulture, Animal/bird care, visiting nature resorts or by General Nature Contact. In the realm of Eco-psychology current research focused on the development of an indigenous scale, which could be used to explore the degree of Nature Contact prevailing among the adults of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In order to fulfill this purpose, a data of N=200 was obtained from adults, living close to nature ranging in age from 18 to 65years. Exploratory factor analysis of the data, showed presence of four factors namely Gardening (GAR), Contact with Friendly Animals and Birds (CFAB), Trip to Nature’s Resort (TNR) and General Nature Contact (GNC) in the Nature Contact Scale (NCS). A data of N=200 was again obtained from another sample fulfilling the same criteria, for confirmatory factor analysis, which confirmed the presence of already explored and proposed factors in the scale. Composite reliability and construct validity of the scale were also quite satisfactory, as determined through AMOS, Validity Plugins. These results proved that Nature Contact scale was a valid and reliable instrument to measure degree of Nature Contact prevailing among the adults of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Keywords:
Nature Contact Scale, Eco-psychology, Biophilia, Adults, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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