NEP量表在西部农村的应用评估——以陕北农村为例

Application of the NEP scale in rural areas of western China——A case study in northern village of Shanxi province

西部具有重要的生态地位,而该地区生态平衡却日益受到威胁,这使西部农村居民的环境关心尤其应该受到重视。基于陕北农村调查数据,对2000年修订版NEP量表在西部农村的适用性进行评估,发现照搬原量表使用存在很大问题,对其加以修正后,由6个项目构成的量表具有更高的信度和效度,可构成测量西部农村居民环境关心的有效工具。

The western rural residents＇ environmental concern especially should be valued because of the western regions＇ important ecological status. Based on the data collected in a survey in northern rural areas of Shanxi province, the author assessed the performance of the revised NEP scale （2000） in rural areas of western China and found it dissatisfactory as it was not adapted to the western rural context nevertheless, the scale, when properly altered, can be an effective parts to measure the residents＇ environmental attitudes.