85403 20210507081948.0 doi 10.1007/s12144-018-0061-y sideral 109618 ART-2018-109618 eng Rosa, C.D. Measuring Brazilians’ environmental attitudes: A systematic review and empirical analysis of the NEP scale 2018 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted The New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) scale is the most widely used instrument to assess environmental attitudes (EA). However, the validity of its use in developing countries has been overlooked. Considering the importance of Brazil for the future of the environment, we present two complementary studies to examine how the NEP scale has been used in Brazil, its validity to evaluate Brazilians’ EA, and possible ways to improve this instrument. In the first study, we present a systematic review of studies that used the NEP scale (original and revised versions) with Brazilians. In the second study, we conduct an empirical analysis using the revised NEP scale. Results from both studies show that the NEP scale’s factorial structure can be influenced by the items’ positive and negative wording, Brazilians hold medium-high pro-EA, and that the scale presents low internal consistency. Study 1 showed that the scale’s convergent, predictive, and known-group validity differs across studies. In Study 2, the revised NEP scale was significantly associated with connectedness to nature, pro-environmental behavior, gender, and political ideology. These results support its convergent, predictive, and known-group validity. We conclude that the validity of using the NEP scale with Brazilians is questionable and discuss ways of improving this instrument. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/PSI-2013-44939 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 1.468 2018 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY 64 / 137 = 0.467 2018 Q2 T2 0.599 2018 Psychology (miscellaneous) 2018 Q2 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Collado, S. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-3580-5947 Profice, C.C. 4009 740 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Psicología Social 40 (2018), 1298 – 1309 Curr. psychol. Current Psychology 1046-1310 509979 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/85403/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 34037 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/85403/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:85403 articulos driver 2021-05-07-08:11:09 ARTICLE