Methoden vergleichen

	Connectedness to Nature Scale	New Ecological Paradigm Scale
Fachgebiet	Umweltpsychologie	Umweltpsychologie
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	2004	2000
Urheber	Frederic S. Mayer and Cynthia M. Frantz	Riley E. Dunlap
Typ	Self-report Likert scale	Self-report Likert scale
Wegweisende Quelle	Mayer, F. S., & Frantz, C. M. (2004). The connectedness to nature scale: A measure of individuals' feeling of dependence on nature. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 24(4), 503–515.	Dunlap, R. E., Van Liere, K. D., Mertig, A. G., & Jones, R. E. (2000). New trends in measuring environmental attitudes: measuring endorsement of the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP). Journal of Social Issues, 56(3), 425–442.
Aliasnamen	CNS, Mayer-Frantz Connectedness	NEP, New Environmental Paradigm Scale
Verwandt	3	3
Zusammenfassung	The Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS) measures the degree to which individuals feel emotionally and cognitively connected to nature as part of their sense of self. Developed by Mayer and Frantz (2004), the CNS operationalizes the construct of nature connection—the felt sense of kinship, interdependence, and belonging with the natural world. The scale is widely employed in environmental psychology research, health outcome studies examining nature exposure effects, and intervention evaluations designed to strengthen human-nature relationships.	The New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) Scale measures endorsement of an ecocentric worldview that views humans as embedded within, rather than dominant over, nature. Developed by Dunlap et al. (2000) to update the original 1978 scale, the NEP assesses environmental beliefs across multiple dimensions including balance of nature, limits to growth, human exceptionalism, and nature's intrinsic value. It is widely used in environmental psychology, sustainability research, and conservation communication studies.