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Development of the Voluntary Simplicity Engagement Scale: Measuring Low-Consumption Lifestyles
- Source :
- Journal of Consumer Policy. 43:295-313
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019.
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Abstract
- Those who choose to reduce their material consumption to seek satisfaction in non-material ways are said to be living a life of voluntary simplicity. This lifestyle has potentially important implications for both environmental sustainability and individual well-being. In research, voluntary simplifiers are typically identified informally or by using measurement tools that may not reflect current simplifying practices. The aim of the current work was to develop a measure of voluntary simplicity based on the practices of contemporary simplifiers. Using a mixed-methods approach, qualitative interviews with 16 self-identified voluntary simplifiers were used to develop a questionnaire that was then administered to a sample of 423 participants. The questionnaire was refined statistically, resulting in the development of the 21-item Voluntary Simplicity Engagement Scale. The scale displays sound psychometric qualities and, with additional validation, should serve as a useful addition to the study of voluntary simplicity.
- Subjects :
- Consumption (economics)
0303 health sciences
Economics and Econometrics
ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION
030309 nutrition & dietetics
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05 social sciences
Applied psychology
Commercial law
Sample (statistics)
03 medical and health sciences
Work (electrical)
Turnover
Scale (social sciences)
0502 economics and business
Sustainability
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
050211 marketing
Simplicity
Psychology
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Details
- ISSN :
- 15730700 and 01687034
- Volume :
- 43
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Consumer Policy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........8d60afcc3e9cee437e7713afcccd1d82