An Exploratory Study of a New Psychological Instrument for Evaluating Sustainability: The Sustainable Development Goals Psychological Inventory
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Department of Education, Languages, Intercultures, Literatures and Psychology (Psychology Section), University of Florence, 50135 Florence, Italy
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Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5, Canada
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Sustainability 2020, 12(18), 7617; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12187617
Received: 14 May 2020 / Revised: 4 August 2020 / Accepted: 10 September 2020 / Published: 16 September 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Well-Being and Happiness for Harmonization of Natural and Cultural Resources: Cross-Cultural Pillars of Sustainability)
The psychometric properties of the Sustainable Development Goals Psychological Inventory (SDGPI) are verified, by employing quantitative and qualitative approaches, in order to obtain a thorough comprehension of the self-perceptions of the sustainable development goals by the Italian participants in this research. The reliability, dimensionality, and aspects of concurrent validity were tested for the SDGPI. Three unidimensional factors (interest, motivation, and self-efficacy) were shown to be prevalent using exploratory factor analysis. Furthermore, the SDGPI showed adequate concurrent validity and internal consistency in the present study. To broaden the quantitative findings, responses to open-ended questions were analyzed. The results suggest perspectives for future exploration and actions regarding the psychology of sustainable development and sustainability.
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Keywords:
sustainable development goals; sustainable development goals psychological inventory; psychology of sustainability; psychology of sustainable development; interest; motivation; self-efficacy
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Di Fabio, A.; Rosen, M.A. An Exploratory Study of a New Psychological Instrument for Evaluating Sustainability: The Sustainable Development Goals Psychological Inventory. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7617. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12187617
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Di Fabio A, Rosen MA. An Exploratory Study of a New Psychological Instrument for Evaluating Sustainability: The Sustainable Development Goals Psychological Inventory. Sustainability. 2020; 12(18):7617. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12187617
Chicago/Turabian StyleDi Fabio, Annamaria, and Marc A. Rosen 2020. "An Exploratory Study of a New Psychological Instrument for Evaluating Sustainability: The Sustainable Development Goals Psychological Inventory" Sustainability 12, no. 18: 7617. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12187617
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