Environmental Responsibility Scale Test

How the Scales are Structured
Who Usually Takes This Test?
See How You Compare
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Example Questions From the Test
- Immediately
- In the near future
- In the future
- Never
- Not sure
- Immediately
- In the near future
- In the future
- Never
- Not sure
- Immediately
- In the near future
- In the future
- Never
- Not sure
Environmental Responsibility Scale Test - Description and methodology of the test
People who want to examine how environmental values relate to civic choices may find this assessment useful, especially when comparing attitudes toward everyday environmental practices with positions on public measures. The Environmental Responsibility Scale Test presents results across several contexts rather than asking for one global judgment. It also functions as an environmental responsibility questionnaire that places personal and civic viewpoints side by side.
What This Assessment Explores
This environmental responsibility quiz covers seven domains:
- Luxury Consumption Limit (0-4) measures luxury-limiting attitudes for environmental preservation; Low(0-1); Moderate(2-3); High(4-4).
- International Level (0-4) measures global concern and support; Low support(0-1); Moderate support(2-3); High support(4-4).
- Environmental Awareness Level (0-18) measures awareness; higher indicates lower awareness: High awareness(0-5); Moderate awareness(6-11); Low awareness(12-18).
- National Level (0-4) measures engagement and government attitudes; Low(0-1); Moderate(2-3); High(4-4).
- Regional Level (0-4) measures engagement; Low engagement(0-1); Moderate engagement(2-3); High engagement(4-4).
- Immediate Living Environment (0-4) measures local responsibility; Low(0-1); Moderate(2-3); High(4-4).
- Personal Level (0-4) measures personal responsibility; Low(0-1); Moderate(2-3); High(4-4).
Methodology and Scientific Basis
Respondents choose when they endorse a proposed public measure or personal practice: Immediately, In the near future, In the future, or Never; an uncertainty option appears as Not sure or Unsure. The format captures support, intended timing, or uncertainty rather than observed conduct.
For interpretation, this environmental responsibility assessment converts answers into separate domain scores. Its scoring key determines each contribution; score ranges alone do not reveal the point value of every option. Results therefore form a profile rather than one overall rank.
Panov and colleagues’ 2013 ecological-consciousness questionnaire is a conceptual reference for ecological responsibility across situations. This questionnaire is conceptually consistent with that work, not the published instrument itself. The work of Mdivani and colleagues from 2010 concerns developing and testing ecological-consciousness measures; it does not establish norms or validate this online scoring.
Read the profile as a snapshot of stated attitudes and intended action. Displayed reporting bands are descriptive rather than population norms; the online questionnaire has not been standardized, and self-report may reflect current concerns, social desirability, and a gap between principles and behavior.
- Panov, V. I., Mdivani, M. O., Khisambeev, Sh. R., & Lidskaya, E. V. (2013). The development of the questionnaire for investigation of ecological consciousness of townspeople in Russia. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 86, 384-389. 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.08.584
- Mdivani, M. O., Lidskaya, E. V., Khisambeev, Sh. R., & Panov, V. I. (2010). Method of experimental study of ecological consciousness: Development and approbation. Russian Scientific Journal, 1(14), 64-78.
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