More Than Attachment: Relationships Between Noctcaelador, Night Sky Attachment, and Night Sky Watching Frequency

Author(s): William E. Kelly

DOI: https://doi.org/10.65030/jis.011009

Abstract: Although noctcaelador was originally conceptualized as attachment to the night sky, operationalizations of the construct have included content extending beyond attachment alone. The present study examined relationships among noctcaelador, night sky attachment, and night sky watching frequency in 126 university students. Night sky watching frequency was positively associated with both attachment to the night sky (Spearman’s rho = .55, p < .001) and composite noctcaelador scores both with (rho = .73, p < .001) and without (rho = .72, p < .001) the attachment item. A factor analysis including night sky watching frequency and noctcaelador indicators extracted a single factor accounting for 64.7% of the variance, suggesting a night sky personal significance domain broader than attachment. The findings indicate that attachment to the night sky and night sky watching frequency are strongly associated with noctcaelador but may not be entirely synonymous with it. Implications for research on noctcaelador and related constructs are discussed.

Keywords: Noctcaelador; Night sky attachment; Night sky watching; Night sky connectedness; Night sky affinity; Human-night sky relationship

Article: e011009

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