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Table 7.2--Items and descriptive statistics for the modified New Environmental Paradigm scale

Item	n	Meana	Standard deviation
Human skill and resource will ensure that we do not make the earth unlivableb	645	3.36	1.4
Humans are severely abusing the environment	681	1.73	1.06
Humans have the right to modify the natural environment to suit their needs	676	2.65	1.47
Humans were meant to rule over nature	678	2.56	1.57
Humans will eventually learn enough about how nature works to be able to control itb	661	2.61	1.48
If things continue on their present course, we will soon experience a major ecological catastropheb	658	2.21	1.33
The balance of earth is delicate and easily upset	672	1.68	1.04
The so-called "environmental crisis" has been greatly exaggeratedb	660	2.73	1.45
We are approaching the limit to the number of people this earth can support	633	2.5	1.44
When humans interfere with nature, it often produces disastrous consequences	681	1.84	1.12

^a Items were measured using a 5-point response scale of (1) strongly agree to (5) strongly disagree.

^b New or modified item (from the original New Environmental Paradigm scale).

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