Pub Date : 2022-04-21DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2022.2034288
Beatriz Valenzuela-García, Iraís Cabrera, Martha Frías, N. Corral-Frías
ABSTRACT A positive school environment (PSE) could enhance student well-being and promote sustainable behaviour (SB). However, there is little research on PSEs in universities. In order to explore the relationships between PSE, SB and well-being, and to test the psychometric properties of the instruments used, we conducted research with asample of 285 undergraduate and graduate students (M = 21.63 years of age; SD = 3.91). We calculated descriptive statistics (univariate by scale/item and Cronbach’s alpha coefficients) and inferential statistics (Spearman’s rho coefficient, confirmatory factor analysis, covariances between constructs, also testing amodel of structural equations). The findings indicated that the scales were reliable (α > .60) and that, for the most part, they showed convergent and discriminatory validity. Furthermore, the expected theoretical relationships were confirmed: PSE was directly and positively related to SB and well-being, and the latter was also significantly affected by SB. This evidence could help to formulate public policies and programmes aimed at creating positive university environments.
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Pub Date : 2022-04-21DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2022.2036441
L. Auzoult
ABSTRACT In this study, we focus on the trans-situational consistency of pro-environmental energy-saving behaviours. More specifically, we study the consistency between home and the workplace. Given the literature, we envisaged that behavioural consistency would be associated with intentional and automatic determinants and with environmental self-identity and the perceived similarity of situations. 195 participants replied to an online questionnaire measuring the determinants of behaviours, the similarity of situations, the environmental self-identity and the frequency of pro-environmental behaviours. The results highlighted the fact that behavioural consistency is predicted both by intentionality and habit. Environmental self-identity moderates the relationship between consistency on the one hand and intentionality and habit on the other. Intentionality determines consistency when the perception of the similarity of situations is low. These results are discussed from the point of view of the practices related to the transmission of pro-environmental behaviours.
{"title":"Assessing the trans-situational consistency of pro-environmental energy-saving behavior (Evaluación de la consistencia inter-situacional de la conducta proambiental de ahorro energético)","authors":"L. Auzoult","doi":"10.1080/21711976.2022.2036441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2022.2036441","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In this study, we focus on the trans-situational consistency of pro-environmental energy-saving behaviours. More specifically, we study the consistency between home and the workplace. Given the literature, we envisaged that behavioural consistency would be associated with intentional and automatic determinants and with environmental self-identity and the perceived similarity of situations. 195 participants replied to an online questionnaire measuring the determinants of behaviours, the similarity of situations, the environmental self-identity and the frequency of pro-environmental behaviours. The results highlighted the fact that behavioural consistency is predicted both by intentionality and habit. Environmental self-identity moderates the relationship between consistency on the one hand and intentionality and habit on the other. Intentionality determines consistency when the perception of the similarity of situations is low. These results are discussed from the point of view of the practices related to the transmission of pro-environmental behaviours.","PeriodicalId":55641,"journal":{"name":"Psyecology-Revista Bilingue de Psicologia Ambiental","volume":"299 1","pages":"103 - 138"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83441692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-04-13DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2022.2040829
Keyi Zhang, Belén Ruiz, Juan A. García, M. Amérigo
ABSTRACT This research analyses pro-environmental behaviour (considering four categories: transport and mobility, waste management, ecological consumption and activism) according to environmental attitudes and certain contextual factors regarding the neighbourhood of residence. In addition, based on the assumptions of ABC theory, we evaluate the moderating effects of context on the relationship between attitudes and pro-environmental behaviours. The study sample consists of 218 people living in China who completed a questionnaire distributed to an online panel. The data obtained are analysed by means of iterative regressions, t tests for independent samples and regressions using the PROCESS macro for moderating effects. The results show that the four categories of pro-environmental behaviours are explained by different attitudinal dimensions. It is also noted that contextual factors directly impact the four behavioural categories considered and further moderate the relationship between the attitudinal dimensions and two types of behaviours (waste management and ecological consumption). Implications for the design of strategies to promote pro-environmental behaviour among the Chinese population are discussed.
{"title":"Pro-environmental behaviour in China: analysing the impact of attitudinal and contextual factors (Comportamiento proambiental en China: analizando el impacto de los factores actitudinales y contextuales)","authors":"Keyi Zhang, Belén Ruiz, Juan A. García, M. Amérigo","doi":"10.1080/21711976.2022.2040829","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2022.2040829","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This research analyses pro-environmental behaviour (considering four categories: transport and mobility, waste management, ecological consumption and activism) according to environmental attitudes and certain contextual factors regarding the neighbourhood of residence. In addition, based on the assumptions of ABC theory, we evaluate the moderating effects of context on the relationship between attitudes and pro-environmental behaviours. The study sample consists of 218 people living in China who completed a questionnaire distributed to an online panel. The data obtained are analysed by means of iterative regressions, t tests for independent samples and regressions using the PROCESS macro for moderating effects. The results show that the four categories of pro-environmental behaviours are explained by different attitudinal dimensions. It is also noted that contextual factors directly impact the four behavioural categories considered and further moderate the relationship between the attitudinal dimensions and two types of behaviours (waste management and ecological consumption). Implications for the design of strategies to promote pro-environmental behaviour among the Chinese population are discussed.","PeriodicalId":55641,"journal":{"name":"Psyecology-Revista Bilingue de Psicologia Ambiental","volume":"20 1","pages":"232 - 257"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82803662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-04-04DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2022.2034289
Laura Pasca
ABSTRACT Despite people’s concern for the environment, there are psychological barriers that make it difficult to adopt a pro-environmental lifestyle, including difficulties in estimating the environmental impact of behaviours. In a first study (n = 374), we see that, when estimating the environmental impact of our own behaviours, we believe that pro-environmental actions can offset the environmental impact of those that are harmful to the environment. In addition, we believe that others have a greater impact. A second study (n = 497) finds that people who believe they have a lower impact on the environment than others and less than should be deemed acceptable display less intent to behave pro-environmentally. These findings highlight the difficulty people face in knowing the environmental consequences of their own behaviour, as well as the importance of perceptions regarding others’ behaviours in explaining the intent to behave pro-environmentally.
{"title":"Estimating one’s own environmental impact: others, acceptability and offsetting (Estimando el propio impacto ambiental: los demás, lo aceptable y lo compensable)","authors":"Laura Pasca","doi":"10.1080/21711976.2022.2034289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2022.2034289","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Despite people’s concern for the environment, there are psychological barriers that make it difficult to adopt a pro-environmental lifestyle, including difficulties in estimating the environmental impact of behaviours. In a first study (n = 374), we see that, when estimating the environmental impact of our own behaviours, we believe that pro-environmental actions can offset the environmental impact of those that are harmful to the environment. In addition, we believe that others have a greater impact. A second study (n = 497) finds that people who believe they have a lower impact on the environment than others and less than should be deemed acceptable display less intent to behave pro-environmentally. These findings highlight the difficulty people face in knowing the environmental consequences of their own behaviour, as well as the importance of perceptions regarding others’ behaviours in explaining the intent to behave pro-environmentally.","PeriodicalId":55641,"journal":{"name":"Psyecology-Revista Bilingue de Psicologia Ambiental","volume":"6 9 1","pages":"139 - 158"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86326936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-02DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2022.2031117
M. Aguilar-Luzón, L. Bedin, Sérgio Carvalho Cineicc, Andrés di Masso, F. García-Vázquez, Raquel Pérez-López, Martha Patricia Sánchez-Miranda
M. Carmen Aguilar-Luzón (Universidad de Granada) Laura-Fernanda Barrera-Hernández (Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora) Lívia Bedin (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) José-Marcos Bustos-Aguayo (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) Sérgio Carvalho (CINEICC) Andrés di Masso (Universitat de Barcelona) Fernanda García-Vázquez (Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora) Bernardo Hernández-Rodríguez (Universidad de La Laguna) Stephany Hess (Universidad de La Laguna) Ma Carmen Hidalgo (Universidad de Málaga) Sílvia Luís (ISCTE — Instituto Universitário de Lisboa) Rosario Marrero (Universidad de La Laguna) Leane Martin (University of Plymouth) Gabriel Muiños (University of Groningen) Gonzalo Palomo-Vélez (Universidad de Talca) Laura Pasca (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) Paola Passafaro (Università degli Studi di Roma ‘La Sapienza’) Raquel Pérez-López (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) Andrés Ried (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) Martha Patricia Sánchez-Miranda (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León) Verónica Sevillano (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) Ernesto Suárez-Rodríguez (Universidad de La Laguna) Mikel Subiza-Pérez (Universidad del País Vasco) Fernando Talayero (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha) Minh-Xuan Truong (Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle) Sergi Valera (Universitat de Barcelona) PsyEcology: Bilingual Journal of Environmental Psychology / Revista Bilingüe de Psicología Ambiental 2022, VOL. 13, NO. 1, 101 https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2022.2031117
m . Carmen Aguilar-Luzón(格拉纳达大学)Laura-Fernanda Barrera-Hernández(理工学院)Lívia音频Bedin(联邦大学do Rio Grande do Sul) José-Marcos Bustos-Aguayo(墨西哥国立自治大学)sergio卡瓦略(CINEICC) andres di Masso(巴塞罗那大学)Fernanda García-Vázquez(理工学院)音频伯纳德Hernández-Rodríguez(湖)Stephany赫斯大学(湖)Ma卡门·伊达尔戈(大学大学西尔维亚·路易斯(ISCTE -里斯本照片研究所Marrero罗萨里奥(湖)Leane马丁大学(University of)加布里埃尔Muiños普利茅斯与大学(University of Groningen) Gonzalo Palomo-Vélez (Talca劳拉夏(马德里康普鲁坦斯大学)Paola Passafaro (Universitàdegli Studi说罗马“La Sapienza”)瑞秋Pérez-López(马德里康普鲁坦斯大学andres Ried(智利天主教大学)玛莎维罗尼卡Patricia Sánchez-Miranda(新莱昂自治大学)Sevillano(马德里自治大学)Ernesto Suárez-Rodríguez(大学)Mikel Subiza-Pérez泻湖(Fernando Talayero巴斯克地区大学)(卡斯蒂利亚)Minh-Xuan Truong(大学博物馆国家自然历史)Sergi Valera(巴塞罗那)PsyEcology大学:双语Bilingüe环境心理学杂志》(Journal of Environmental心理学/ 2022,vol . 13, NO。1, 101 https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2022.2031117
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Pub Date : 2022-01-02DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2021.1992872
María-Cristina Vanegas-Rico, Víctor Corral-Verdugo, José-Marcos Bustos-Aguayo, P. Ortega-Andeane
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess expectation surrounding other people’s pro- and anti-environmental behaviour to see whether it bears any relation to a person’s own pro-environmental behaviours. Two studies were conducted using an Expectation of Others’ Environmental Behaviour scale. The samples comprised Mexican respondents living in Mexico City and its conurbation with average ages of 35.19 and 35.05. Both studies showed that participants believe others are unlikely to act in a pro-environmental way but are instead likely to engage in anti-environmental behaviour. Both expectations (pro- and anti-environmental behaviour) had a positive effect on the participants’ own pro-environmental behaviour. The results are discussed from the perspective of social dilemmas, as well as the possibility of a uniqueness bias.
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Abstarct Despite the popularity of the humanization movement in healthcare environments, there has been no systematic implementation of design changes aimed at reducing the negative effects of hospital environments. This article reviews the contributions made by psycho-environmental research about the psycho-social implications of design for users’ health and well-being in the areas of healthcare, patient engagement, social interaction, spatial orientation and environmental stress. It also proposes recommendations for spatial design regarding the dual function of hospitals as a place of care for patients and a place of work for staff members. Finally, it discusses the amplification of the negative effects of hospital settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. This review provides a basic guide to the environmental effects of hospitals aimed at health professionals with a view to improving healthcare.
{"title":"Psycho-environmental processes of hospital design and their role during the COVID-19 pandemic (Procesos psicoambientales del diseño de hospitales y su implicación durante la pandemia por COVID-19)","authors":"Verónica Sevillano-Triguero, Silvia Estrada-Arráez","doi":"10.1080/21711976.2021.2006008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2021.2006008","url":null,"abstract":"Abstarct Despite the popularity of the humanization movement in healthcare environments, there has been no systematic implementation of design changes aimed at reducing the negative effects of hospital environments. This article reviews the contributions made by psycho-environmental research about the psycho-social implications of design for users’ health and well-being in the areas of healthcare, patient engagement, social interaction, spatial orientation and environmental stress. It also proposes recommendations for spatial design regarding the dual function of hospitals as a place of care for patients and a place of work for staff members. Finally, it discusses the amplification of the negative effects of hospital settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. This review provides a basic guide to the environmental effects of hospitals aimed at health professionals with a view to improving healthcare.","PeriodicalId":55641,"journal":{"name":"Psyecology-Revista Bilingue de Psicologia Ambiental","volume":"1 1","pages":"75 - 100"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80265042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-12-23DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2021.1992870
Igor Schutz-dos-Santos, A. Kuhnen
Abstract Environmental education towards sanitation can be effective to promote water conservation in a cycle of use framework. Considering attitudes as main determinants of pro-environmental behaviour and the need to expand knowledge from an educator’s point of view, this research aimed to comprehend the relations between environmental education and the development of environmental attitudes from sanitation workers. Group differences in activity execution and age were investigated. A mixed-method research design was conducted in a Brazilian sanitation company, CASAN, in two phases. In phase 1, 119 workers from treatment plants where environmental education is performed were submitted a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Environmental Attitudes Inventory. Data submitted to descriptive and comparative analyses indicated higher levels for preservation and general environmental attitudes for younger workers. In phase 2, 19 environmental educators were interviewed and their data submitted to content analysis to verify attitude functions. Participants confirmed the importance of performing activities for environmental attitudes development; institutional determinants were discussed, considering workers’ role in the promotion of natural resources conservation and adequate sanitation.
{"title":"Measuring functions and structure of environmental attitudes from environmental educators in public sanitation (Medición de las funciones y la estructura de las actitudes ambientales de los educadores ambientales en el ámbito del saneamiento público)","authors":"Igor Schutz-dos-Santos, A. Kuhnen","doi":"10.1080/21711976.2021.1992870","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2021.1992870","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Environmental education towards sanitation can be effective to promote water conservation in a cycle of use framework. Considering attitudes as main determinants of pro-environmental behaviour and the need to expand knowledge from an educator’s point of view, this research aimed to comprehend the relations between environmental education and the development of environmental attitudes from sanitation workers. Group differences in activity execution and age were investigated. A mixed-method research design was conducted in a Brazilian sanitation company, CASAN, in two phases. In phase 1, 119 workers from treatment plants where environmental education is performed were submitted a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Environmental Attitudes Inventory. Data submitted to descriptive and comparative analyses indicated higher levels for preservation and general environmental attitudes for younger workers. In phase 2, 19 environmental educators were interviewed and their data submitted to content analysis to verify attitude functions. Participants confirmed the importance of performing activities for environmental attitudes development; institutional determinants were discussed, considering workers’ role in the promotion of natural resources conservation and adequate sanitation.","PeriodicalId":55641,"journal":{"name":"Psyecology-Revista Bilingue de Psicologia Ambiental","volume":"56 1","pages":"1 - 28"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78639397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-12-23DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2021.1992871
Jéssica F. Felappi, Lívia M. Bedin, Wiltrud Terlau, Theo Kötter
ABSTRACT Restorative environments refer to settings that allow for the recovery of depleted psychological resources. The potential to promote restoration can vary from place to place according to a setting’s characteristics. Two scales, Perceived Restorativeness Scale and Restoration Outcome Scale, have been applied to measure the restorativeness of places and restorative outcomes in the Global North. This study aims to translate, adapt and analyse the psychometric properties of these scales for their application in Brazil and to test their convergent validity. Our sample is composed of 566 adults (50.7% male) from the cities of Porto Alegre and São Paulo, with ages ranging from 18 to 85 years old. Both scales presented adequate internal consistency and model fit indexes. Moreover, the scales’ fit indexes were considered adequate regardless of participants’ gender and city of residence, which were tested through multigroup confirmatory factor analyses. With this contribution, we expect to help the expansion of research on restorative environments in the poorly studied Global South.
{"title":"Psychometric properties of two psychological restoration scales: translation, adaptation and validity evidences of the Brazilian versions (Propiedades psicométricas de dos escalas de restauración psicológica: traducción, adaptación y validez de las versiones brasileñas)","authors":"Jéssica F. Felappi, Lívia M. Bedin, Wiltrud Terlau, Theo Kötter","doi":"10.1080/21711976.2021.1992871","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2021.1992871","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Restorative environments refer to settings that allow for the recovery of depleted psychological resources. The potential to promote restoration can vary from place to place according to a setting’s characteristics. Two scales, Perceived Restorativeness Scale and Restoration Outcome Scale, have been applied to measure the restorativeness of places and restorative outcomes in the Global North. This study aims to translate, adapt and analyse the psychometric properties of these scales for their application in Brazil and to test their convergent validity. Our sample is composed of 566 adults (50.7% male) from the cities of Porto Alegre and São Paulo, with ages ranging from 18 to 85 years old. Both scales presented adequate internal consistency and model fit indexes. Moreover, the scales’ fit indexes were considered adequate regardless of participants’ gender and city of residence, which were tested through multigroup confirmatory factor analyses. With this contribution, we expect to help the expansion of research on restorative environments in the poorly studied Global South.","PeriodicalId":55641,"journal":{"name":"Psyecology-Revista Bilingue de Psicologia Ambiental","volume":"5 1","pages":"50 - 74"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72956608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-02DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2021.1954439
Nicolas Robin, S. Sinnapah, O. Hue, Guillaume R. Coudevylle
ABSTRACT The current experimental study evaluated how a tropical climate (i.e., wet and hot environment) influences positive and negative affects, sensation of fatigue and environmental perceptions (i.e., comfort and thermal sensations). A convenience sampling of students (30 females and 30 males, M age = 21.94 years, age range: 19–28 years) who lived all the year in the French West Indies performed two conditions in Tropical Climate (TC) and in Neutral Climate (NC), counterbalanced. During each climate condition, they completed the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule and a questionnaire evaluating feeling of fatigue, thermal and comfort sensations. This original study revealed that TC reduces positive affect (PA) scores, whereas no significant statistical difference was revealed for negative affect (NA). In addition, participants revealed lower thermal and comfort sensations and a greater feeling of fatigue in TC than in NC. These results are in line with the suggestion that TC can negatively influence subjective states compared with a temperate climate. Moreover, TC could also have a potential fatigue-enhancing effect and negatively influences comfort sensations. The impact of TC on affective states is discussed.
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