Green positive guidance and life counseling: new perspectives and first contribution to the Italian validation of the Connectedness to Nature Scale
Annamaria Di Fabio
The purpose of this work is to delineate the new perspective of green positive guidance and life counseling. This study also aims to offer a first contribution to the validation of the Italian version of the Connectedness to Nature Scale. Participants were 304 high school students. Dimensionality, reliability, and concurrent validity were analysed. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a unidimensional version of the scale. In addition, good internal consistency and concurrent validity were established. Results indicate that the Italian version of the Connectedness to Nature Scale is a valid instrument for measuring connectedness to nature in Italian contexts. The scale is a useful aid for research and intervention in the new perspective of green positive guidance and life counseling.
Keywords
green positive guidance and life counseling; connectedness to nature; Italian version of the Connectedness to Nature Scale; psychometric properties.
