Scale Development for Environmental Perception of Public Space

Frontiers in Psychology

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Robbie Ho¹  Wing Tung Au² 

[1] Division of Social Sciences, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University;Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

关键词: scale development;    environmental perception;    public place;    public space;    urban;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.596790

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

We developed a psychometric scale for measuring the subjective environmental perception of public spaces. In the scale development process, we started with an initial pool of 85 items identified from the literature that were related to environmental perception. A total of 1,650 participants rated these items on animated images of 12 public spaces through an online survey. Using principal component analyses and confirmatory factor analyses, we identified two affective factors ( comfort and activity ) with 8 items and six cognitive factors ( legibility , enclosure , complexity , crime potential , wildlife , and lighting ) with 22 items. These eight factors represent the core attributes underlying environmental perception of public spaces. Practicality of the scale and limitations of the study are also discussed.

【 授权许可】

CC BY