The development of the Sustainable Consumption Behavior and Intention Scale

Year 2025, Volume: 12 Issue: 4, 1016 - 1033

Merve Eker Çelebi , Fatma Taşkın Ekici

https://doi.org/10.21449/ijate.1479112

Abstract

The aim of this study is to develop a measurement tool entitled the Sustainable Consumption Behavior and Intention Scale (SuCBIS) that provides valid and reliable data for identifying individuals’ sustainable consumption behaviors and their intentions within the framework of zero waste regulation. The scale was constructed based on the steps of the zero-waste hierarchy: reconsider, reuse, recycle, and rot (compost). The research was designed within the scope of a descriptive survey model based on scale development. For the validation and reliability processes of the scale, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were employed. Convenience sampling was used in the study. The EFA was conducted with 242 pre-service teachers, while the CFA was carried out with a different sample of 280 pre-service teachers. The participants were undergraduate students enrolled in various teacher education programs. Content validity was ensured through literature review, the opinions of pre-service teachers, and expert evaluations. As a result of EFA, a five-factor structure was revealed regarding consumption behavior: reconsider, reuse, reduce, recycle, and compost. CFA findings indicated that the developed model showed an acceptable level of model-data fit. The reliability of the data obtained from the scale was supported by internal consistency analyses and item-total correlations. In conclusion, a measurement tool that provides valid and reliable data for evaluating pre-service teachers’ sustainable consumption behaviors and intentions has been developed.

Keywords

5R , Sustainable consumption behavior , Sustainable intention , Zero waste

Ethical Statement

Pamukkale University Ethics Committee, 68282350/2022/G02.

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