Scale Measures Children's Environmental Concerns
The Environmental Motives Scale (EMS) is a research instrument that has been widely used to examine adults' environmental concern. The scale is based on the Value-Belief-Norm model, which indicates that a person's concerns about environmental issues are determined by their values and beliefs, and specifically by the relative importance he or she places on him or herself (called an egoistic value), other people (altruistic values), or nature (biospheric values).