Table 2 Standardized estimates of factor loadings from the Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the EGuiQ-11 and the EGriQ-6.
From: Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Eco guilt and Eco grief scales
Original item number | Items | Loading factor |
|---|---|---|
Model 1: EGuiQ-11 | ||
1 | I very often feel that what I do for the environment is not enough, because it cannot balance other negative behaviors | 0.65 |
2 | At times I feel some personal responsibility for the problems and unfolding impacts of climate change. | 0.76 |
3 | I blame myself for often behaving in an environmentally destructive way in situations where it could have been avoided. | 0.81 |
4 | I experience some guilt over the fact that my family and friends’ lifestyles and consumption patterns are in part responsible for the unfolding impacts of climate change. | 0.80 |
5 | I often feel like a hypocrite when it comes to environmental action. | 0.77 |
6 | I feel guilty for not paying enough attention to the issue of climate change. | 0.82 |
7 | The more I know about the human causes of climate change, the more things I feel guilty about. | 0.77 |
8 | I am constantly angry with myself because I think that I am not doing enough and that I am harming the environment by my very existence. | 0.76 |
9 | It makes me feel uneasy that I am part of a system that is amplifying climate change. | 0.78 |
10 | I often blame myself for the fact that my needs and my work are not really important, but they contribute to the destruction of the environment. | 0.75 |
11 | I feel guilty when I do something polluting that I had stopped doing before. | 0.72 |
Model 2: EGriQ-6 | ||
1 | I feel some sense of loss because of climate change impacts that are becoming apparent in my local area. | 0.68 |
2 | Watching videos of the destruction of the environment makes me cry. | 0.64 |
3 | It makes me sad that I don’t see many of the plants and animals I used to see often. | 0.82 |
4 | It is frightening that climate change is causing the destruction of natural areas at such a dramatic rate that they will never be the same again. | 0.85 |
5 | The wildlife around me has changed in a disturbing way. | 0.82 |
6 | I am not comforted by the thought that nature can regenerate itself to some extent, because what we have destroyed will never return. | 0.80 |
