La Escala de Identidad Ambiental (EID) ha sido propuesta por Clayton para estudiar la relación entre identidad y naturaleza. A pesar de ser citada en varias publicaciones, pocas veces ha sido sometida a análisis psicométrico. El objetivo principal de este estudio ha sido analizar el cumplimiento de criterios de validez de constructo y convergente de esta escala. Para ello se recurrió a una muestra universitaria de 282 personas quienes completaron un cuestionario compuesto por la EID, y otras medidas afines, como la Escala de Conectividad con la Naturaleza (CNS), la escala de Inclusión de la Naturaleza en el Self (INS), el Egobiocentrismo y un autoinfiorme de comportamientos proambientales. El análisis factorial exploratorio de la EID muestra que subyacen a ella cuatro dimensiones: identidad ambiental; disfrutar la naturaleza; aprecio a la naturaleza; y medioambientalismo. Todas las correlaciones entre la EID y las variables criterio fueron significativas, y el medioambientalismo y la identidad ambiental fueron las que mejor predijeron el comportamiento proambiental.
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