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Ascription of Responsibility for the Environment

Ascription of Responsibility for the Environment — Scale measuring the degree to which individuals feel personally responsible for protecting the natural environment.

ascription of responsibility for the environment scale

What it measures

Scale measuring the degree to which individuals feel personally responsible for protecting the natural environment.

Scale items

  1. I feel that everybody is partly responsible for the state of the natural environment.
  2. I think that everybody should feel responsible for the natural environment.
  3. I believe that everybody should take steps to protect the natural environment.

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Source and citation

Borusiak, B., Szymkowiak, A., Kucharska, B., Gálová, J., & Mravcová, A. (2022). Predictors of intention to reduce meat consumption due to environmental reasons – Results from Poland and Slovakia. Meat Science, 184, 108674. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2021.108674

Reference table

Scale at a glance
PropertyDetail
ConstructAscription of Responsibility for the Environment
Number of items3
Response formatLikert-like
JournalMeat Science (2022)
DOI10.1016/j.meatsci.2021.108674

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Szymkowiak, A. (2026). Ascription of Responsibility for the Environment — validated scale (2022). Explonia. https://explonia.com/scales/ascription-of-responsibility-for-the-environment/

Last updated: July 2026

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