Abstract
The objective of this research is to develop a scale of perceived environmental quality of life and test its factorial structure
and validity. The constitutive items of the scale were generated using semi-directive interviews. Four principal quality of
life factors were isolated in an exploratory study carried out with 760 participants. This factorial structure was then established
in a cross-validation of the scale during a confirmatory study applied to a second sample of 740 participants. The internal
consistency of the environmental quality of life dimensions, the adequacy of the measurement model to the data, and the stability
of the factorial structure are all proof of the good psychometric qualities of this scale.
and validity. The constitutive items of the scale were generated using semi-directive interviews. Four principal quality of
life factors were isolated in an exploratory study carried out with 760 participants. This factorial structure was then established
in a cross-validation of the scale during a confirmatory study applied to a second sample of 740 participants. The internal
consistency of the environmental quality of life dimensions, the adequacy of the measurement model to the data, and the stability
of the factorial structure are all proof of the good psychometric qualities of this scale.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-11
- DOI 10.1007/s11205-012-0119-4
- Authors
- Ghozlane Fleury-Bahi, LUNAM Université, Laboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire (LPPL) EA 4638, Faculté de Psychologie, Universités de Nantes et d’Angers, Chemin de la Censive du Tertre-BP 81227, 44312 Nantes Cedex 3, France
- Aurore Marcouyeux, LUNAM Université, Laboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire (LPPL) EA 4638, Faculté de Psychologie, Universités de Nantes et d’Angers, Chemin de la Censive du Tertre-BP 81227, 44312 Nantes Cedex 3, France
- Marie Préau, Social Research Group (GRePS), Lyon 2 University, 5 avenue Pierre Mendes France, 69500 Bron, France
- Thouraya Annabi-Attia, Agence Nationale de Contrôle Sanitaire et Environnemental des Produits, Tunisian Health Ministry, 2 Rue Ibn Nadim, Montplaisir, Tunis, 1073 Tunisia
- Journal Social Indicators Research
- Online ISSN 1573-0921
- Print ISSN 0303-8300