השוואת שיטות

	סולם דאגה סביבתית	סולם התפיסה האקולוגית החדשה
תחום	פסיכולוגיה סביבתית	פסיכולוגיה סביבתית
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	1978	2000
הוגה השיטה	Russell H. Weigel and Jeanette Weigel	Riley E. Dunlap
סוג	Self-report Likert scale	Self-report Likert scale
מקור מכונן	Weigel, R. H., & Weigel, J. (1978). Environmental concern: The development of a measure. Environment and Behavior, 10(1), 3–15.	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.
כינויים	ECS, Environmental Attitudes Inventory	NEP, New Environmental Paradigm Scale
קשורות	3	3
תקציר	The Environmental Concern Scale (ECS) measures the degree to which individuals worry about and feel affected by environmental problems, pollution, and ecological degradation. Originally developed by Weigel and Weigel (1978), the ECS focuses on emotional and affective responses to environmental issues—anxiety, worry, and perceived personal threat from pollution—rather than abstract values or beliefs. The scale is widely used in public opinion research, conservation communication effectiveness studies, and assessing emotional responses to environmental threats like climate change and air pollution.	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.