Pub Date : 2019-01-02DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2018.1545348
M. Bonaiuto, Silvia Ariccio, Stefano De Dominicis, F. Fornara, Erica Molinario, R. Troffa, Haoxing Wang
Abstract Reputation is a socially mediated form of knowledge. In social psychology it has been studied with reference to different social actors (individuals, brands, cities, etc). However, the social-psychological conceptualization of city reputation lacks a consensual definition. This research aims to operationally define city reputation, via the construction and validation of the City Reputation Indicators (CRIs). The first and preliminary study (N = 62) defines the underlying dimensions via six focus groups held in two Italian cities that differ in terms of their political/administrative and socio-demographic features. The second study (N = 362) tests the properties of CRIs via a survey administered in Rome. Results show a first validation of the 12 CRIs’ scales, which represent a basic tool for the assessment of people’s perception of a city. Theoretical and applied implications are discussed, as well as development perspectives for improvements.
{"title":"City Reputation Indicators (CRIs): measuring inhabitants’ city representation / Indicadores de Reputación Urbana: midiendo la representación de una ciudad en sus habitantes","authors":"M. Bonaiuto, Silvia Ariccio, Stefano De Dominicis, F. Fornara, Erica Molinario, R. Troffa, Haoxing Wang","doi":"10.1080/21711976.2018.1545348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2018.1545348","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Reputation is a socially mediated form of knowledge. In social psychology it has been studied with reference to different social actors (individuals, brands, cities, etc). However, the social-psychological conceptualization of city reputation lacks a consensual definition. This research aims to operationally define city reputation, via the construction and validation of the City Reputation Indicators (CRIs). The first and preliminary study (N = 62) defines the underlying dimensions via six focus groups held in two Italian cities that differ in terms of their political/administrative and socio-demographic features. The second study (N = 362) tests the properties of CRIs via a survey administered in Rome. Results show a first validation of the 12 CRIs’ scales, which represent a basic tool for the assessment of people’s perception of a city. Theoretical and applied implications are discussed, as well as development perspectives for improvements.","PeriodicalId":55641,"journal":{"name":"Psyecology-Revista Bilingue de Psicologia Ambiental","volume":"7 1","pages":"31 - 87"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89813435","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 : 2018-12-14DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2018.1550238
A. Soutter, S. Boag
Abstract Conservation psychology is an emerging field, with few studies examining the role of advertising imagery on environmental attitudes and behaviours. This study aimed to expand the knowledge in this field, by examining how different types of imagery affect pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours. Undergraduate psychology students from Macquarie University (N = 124) were assigned to one of three brochure groups. These brochure groups consisted of a hard copy brochure which contained either positive, negative or no images which participants read at the start of the study. Participants’ pro-environmental attitudes were then assessed using the New Ecological Paradigm, and behaviour through a hypothetical scenario in which respondents were asked to proportion $100 across three charity options or retain the money. It was found that positive imagery increased pro-environmental attitudes, over and above both the control (neutral) and negative images. In contrast, imagery did not affect pro-environmental behaviours. These findings suggest that positive images are most likely to elicit positive change in pro-environmental attitudes. However, these findings suggest that imagery in advertising does not impact pro-environmental behaviours.
{"title":"Environmental advertising: the effect of imagery on pro-environmental attitudes and pro-environmental behaviour / Publicidad medioambiental: el efecto de las imágenes sobre las actitudes proambientales y el comportamiento proambiental","authors":"A. Soutter, S. Boag","doi":"10.1080/21711976.2018.1550238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2018.1550238","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Conservation psychology is an emerging field, with few studies examining the role of advertising imagery on environmental attitudes and behaviours. This study aimed to expand the knowledge in this field, by examining how different types of imagery affect pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours. Undergraduate psychology students from Macquarie University (N = 124) were assigned to one of three brochure groups. These brochure groups consisted of a hard copy brochure which contained either positive, negative or no images which participants read at the start of the study. Participants’ pro-environmental attitudes were then assessed using the New Ecological Paradigm, and behaviour through a hypothetical scenario in which respondents were asked to proportion $100 across three charity options or retain the money. It was found that positive imagery increased pro-environmental attitudes, over and above both the control (neutral) and negative images. In contrast, imagery did not affect pro-environmental behaviours. These findings suggest that positive images are most likely to elicit positive change in pro-environmental attitudes. However, these findings suggest that imagery in advertising does not impact pro-environmental behaviours.","PeriodicalId":55641,"journal":{"name":"Psyecology-Revista Bilingue de Psicologia Ambiental","volume":"1 1","pages":"126 - 88"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88397805","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}
Abstract The negative relation between right-wing ideologies and environmentalism constitutes a relatively classic finding in environmental research. Despite this, the mechanism (or mechanisms) behind such an effect are still unclear. Here, we argue that given the importance of the economic sphere in most political-environmental issues, political ideologies related to economic beliefs could be one of the underlying mechanisms that drive this classic effect. Two correlational studies were carried out to test this hypothesis. Study 1 explored the relation between political ideology and economic liberalism, partially ruling out an alternative explanation. Study 2 tested the mediational role of economic liberalism on the relationship between political ideology and pro-environmental behaviour. Results gave support for full mediation. Results are discussed in line with research on environmental politics and psychology.
{"title":"Political ideology, economic liberalism and pro-environmental behaviour / Ideología política, liberalismo económico y conducta pro-ambiental","authors":"Emilio Moyano-Díaz, Gonzalo Palomo‐Vélez, Javiera Vergara-Bravo","doi":"10.1080/21711976.2018.1546422","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2018.1546422","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The negative relation between right-wing ideologies and environmentalism constitutes a relatively classic finding in environmental research. Despite this, the mechanism (or mechanisms) behind such an effect are still unclear. Here, we argue that given the importance of the economic sphere in most political-environmental issues, political ideologies related to economic beliefs could be one of the underlying mechanisms that drive this classic effect. Two correlational studies were carried out to test this hypothesis. Study 1 explored the relation between political ideology and economic liberalism, partially ruling out an alternative explanation. Study 2 tested the mediational role of economic liberalism on the relationship between political ideology and pro-environmental behaviour. Results gave support for full mediation. Results are discussed in line with research on environmental politics and psychology.","PeriodicalId":55641,"journal":{"name":"Psyecology-Revista Bilingue de Psicologia Ambiental","volume":"14 1","pages":"127 - 150"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81176271","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 : 2018-09-02DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2018.1483569
Pablo A. Meira-Cartea, José Gutiérrez-Pérez, Mónica Arto-Blanco, Amor Escoz-Roldán
Abstract This article compares the level of climate literacy observed among university students enrolled on different academic courses, sampled at the start and end of their degrees (N = 1,149). The study involved distributing a questionnaire about various scientific topics related to Climate Change (CC) and aims to analyse the extent to which differences can be attributed to the influence of the social representations of common culture or to the scientific education received during their academic studies. The initial assumption made is that students who study natural science or engineering degrees and those who are in the final years of their degree course should be significantly more competent regarding the questions made to them than students studying social sciences or humanities and those who are at the start of their university degree. The weight of common culture is also noted as the decisive factor in predominant social representations.
{"title":"Influence of academic education vs. common culture on the climate literacy of university students / Formación académica frente a cultura común en la alfabetización climática de estudiantes universitarios","authors":"Pablo A. Meira-Cartea, José Gutiérrez-Pérez, Mónica Arto-Blanco, Amor Escoz-Roldán","doi":"10.1080/21711976.2018.1483569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2018.1483569","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article compares the level of climate literacy observed among university students enrolled on different academic courses, sampled at the start and end of their degrees (N = 1,149). The study involved distributing a questionnaire about various scientific topics related to Climate Change (CC) and aims to analyse the extent to which differences can be attributed to the influence of the social representations of common culture or to the scientific education received during their academic studies. The initial assumption made is that students who study natural science or engineering degrees and those who are in the final years of their degree course should be significantly more competent regarding the questions made to them than students studying social sciences or humanities and those who are at the start of their university degree. The weight of common culture is also noted as the decisive factor in predominant social representations.","PeriodicalId":55641,"journal":{"name":"Psyecology-Revista Bilingue de Psicologia Ambiental","volume":"46 1","pages":"301 - 340"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78621545","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 : 2018-08-28DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2018.1493775
Pablo A. Meira-Cartea, E. González-Gaudiano, José Gutiérrez-Pérez
Abstract Climate change (CC) is one of the challenges facing humanity in the twenty-first century. The complex nature of the phenomenon requires further empiric research from the field of social sciences in general, and environmental psychology in particular. Clarifying how people and human communities interpret, evaluate and act in relation to climate change, environmental psychology can help to broaden the perspective on this field of study and make significant contributions related to emerging topics. Even more, it can help to elucidate the most appropriate tools that can allow people and communities to tackle and adapt to climate change by generating effective solutions. This article sets out certain pathways to give greater visibility to the research agenda about these topics, based on a review of the contributions made by the Intergovernmental Panel on CC and the explicit demand for empiric research in the sphere of social sciences.
{"title":"Climate crisis and the demand for more empiric research in social sciences: emerging topics and challenges in environmental psychology / Crisis climática y demanda de más investigación empírica en Ciencias Sociales: tópicos emergentes y retos en Psicología Ambiental","authors":"Pablo A. Meira-Cartea, E. González-Gaudiano, José Gutiérrez-Pérez","doi":"10.1080/21711976.2018.1493775","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2018.1493775","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Climate change (CC) is one of the challenges facing humanity in the twenty-first century. The complex nature of the phenomenon requires further empiric research from the field of social sciences in general, and environmental psychology in particular. Clarifying how people and human communities interpret, evaluate and act in relation to climate change, environmental psychology can help to broaden the perspective on this field of study and make significant contributions related to emerging topics. Even more, it can help to elucidate the most appropriate tools that can allow people and communities to tackle and adapt to climate change by generating effective solutions. This article sets out certain pathways to give greater visibility to the research agenda about these topics, based on a review of the contributions made by the Intergovernmental Panel on CC and the explicit demand for empiric research in the sphere of social sciences.","PeriodicalId":55641,"journal":{"name":"Psyecology-Revista Bilingue de Psicologia Ambiental","volume":"2 1","pages":"259 - 271"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78373201","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 : 2018-07-30DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2018.1483607
Francisco Heras-Hernández, Pablo A. Meira-Cartea, Javier Benayas
Abstract How do Spaniards frame climate change? Is it something negative and depressing? Is it an environmental question or a human issue? What is their perceived role? Are they mere observers, victims or part of the problem? To explore these issues, in a series of opinion polls prepared in Spain in 2008, 2010 and 2012, the interviewed persons were asked, ‘Which is the first thought or image that comes to your mind whenever you hear talk of climate change?’ A large majority of the registered associations mention adverse effects or contain negative appraisals. The preponderance of the associations related to the effects of climate change over those that refer to its causes or solutions indicate that the respondents see themselves more as affected by the consequences than as causal agents or actors capable of providing proper answers. Clear similarities between this social framing and the media framing have been found.
{"title":"Observers, victims or part of the problem? Exploring affective images of climate change obtained by word associations / ¿Observadores, víctimas o parte del problema? Explorando las imágenes afectivas del cambio climático obtenidas mediante asociaciones de palabras","authors":"Francisco Heras-Hernández, Pablo A. Meira-Cartea, Javier Benayas","doi":"10.1080/21711976.2018.1483607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2018.1483607","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract How do Spaniards frame climate change? Is it something negative and depressing? Is it an environmental question or a human issue? What is their perceived role? Are they mere observers, victims or part of the problem? To explore these issues, in a series of opinion polls prepared in Spain in 2008, 2010 and 2012, the interviewed persons were asked, ‘Which is the first thought or image that comes to your mind whenever you hear talk of climate change?’ A large majority of the registered associations mention adverse effects or contain negative appraisals. The preponderance of the associations related to the effects of climate change over those that refer to its causes or solutions indicate that the respondents see themselves more as affected by the consequences than as causal agents or actors capable of providing proper answers. Clear similarities between this social framing and the media framing have been found.","PeriodicalId":55641,"journal":{"name":"Psyecology-Revista Bilingue de Psicologia Ambiental","volume":"5 1","pages":"272 - 300"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82473467","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 : 2018-05-04DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2017.1399573
Cristina Fernández-Portero, David Alarcón, Ángela Barrios-Padura
Abstract Habitability is a good indicator, from a psychological perspective, of the quality of life enjoyed by older people living in urban environments. Quality of life depends, among other factors, on living conditions together with activities of daily living. Such activities indicate an older person’s degree of dependence and, therefore, the extent to which their home needs to be adapted and made suitable for them. The aim of this study is to analyse quality of life and satisfaction with life among older people in urban environments. The results indicate that the habitability conditions of homes are a predictive factor for satisfaction with life among older people, which is, in turn, linked to their level of autonomy. It would be interesting for future research to design and develop a protocol of social and psychological indicators of habitability capable of optimizing quality of life for older people living in urban environments.
{"title":"Psychosocial indicators of habitability conditions and satisfaction with life among older people / Indicadores psicosociales de las condiciones de habitabilidad y satisfacción vital en personas mayores","authors":"Cristina Fernández-Portero, David Alarcón, Ángela Barrios-Padura","doi":"10.1080/21711976.2017.1399573","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2017.1399573","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Habitability is a good indicator, from a psychological perspective, of the quality of life enjoyed by older people living in urban environments. Quality of life depends, among other factors, on living conditions together with activities of daily living. Such activities indicate an older person’s degree of dependence and, therefore, the extent to which their home needs to be adapted and made suitable for them. The aim of this study is to analyse quality of life and satisfaction with life among older people in urban environments. The results indicate that the habitability conditions of homes are a predictive factor for satisfaction with life among older people, which is, in turn, linked to their level of autonomy. It would be interesting for future research to design and develop a protocol of social and psychological indicators of habitability capable of optimizing quality of life for older people living in urban environments.","PeriodicalId":55641,"journal":{"name":"Psyecology-Revista Bilingue de Psicologia Ambiental","volume":"51 1","pages":"152 - 176"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87846806","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 : 2018-04-05DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2018.1444544
M. Aguilar-Luzón, Isabel Benítez
Abstract In recent years, environmental psychology has evolved rapidly, integrating concepts and approaches from a range of different disciplines. Person-environment interaction involves so many factors that it requires solid theoretical foundations to understand the variables associated with this interaction. The present special issue offers a reflection of this reality, since it compiles research that aims to innovate from a theoretical point of view but which also introduces new methodological concepts and approaches. The influence of different psychosocial variables on behaviours and environmental commitment is evaluated at a substantive level. Traditionally tackled demographic variables are studied, but a more integral approach is also proposed, which incorporates complex concepts that influence the lives of people, such as culture, quality of life, satisfaction, life expectations, and the emotions present when making decisions about how to behave pro-environmentally.
{"title":"Advances in environmental psychology regarding the promotion of wellbeing and quality of life / Avances de la psicología ambiental ante la promoción del bienestar y la calidad de vida","authors":"M. Aguilar-Luzón, Isabel Benítez","doi":"10.1080/21711976.2018.1444544","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2018.1444544","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In recent years, environmental psychology has evolved rapidly, integrating concepts and approaches from a range of different disciplines. Person-environment interaction involves so many factors that it requires solid theoretical foundations to understand the variables associated with this interaction. The present special issue offers a reflection of this reality, since it compiles research that aims to innovate from a theoretical point of view but which also introduces new methodological concepts and approaches. The influence of different psychosocial variables on behaviours and environmental commitment is evaluated at a substantive level. Traditionally tackled demographic variables are studied, but a more integral approach is also proposed, which incorporates complex concepts that influence the lives of people, such as culture, quality of life, satisfaction, life expectations, and the emotions present when making decisions about how to behave pro-environmentally.","PeriodicalId":55641,"journal":{"name":"Psyecology-Revista Bilingue de Psicologia Ambiental","volume":"3 2","pages":"113 - 117"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21711976.2018.1444544","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72478303","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}
Abstract Environmental perceptions are associated with the way in which people experience the environment and relate to its psychosocial dimension, encompassing cognition and affect towards the environment. The aim of this study is to ascertain how children aged between eight and 12 from three different settings (urban, coastal and rural) perceive and define nature. Participants were asked to draw a picture and then, on the basis of this drawing, answer the following question: ‘What is nature to you?’ Content analysis was used to process the data obtained, giving rise to three categories that emerged through the notions and concepts mentioned by the children: elements of nature, human productions and relationship with the environment. One of the salient findings was that children display a similar way of representing nature that does not appear to be significantly linked to their place of residence. Furthermore, the majority of them associate nature with positive affect. However, the results point to the need for further studies conducted from a multi-method perspective in order to improve understanding about children’s environmental perceptions of nature.
{"title":"How do children from different settings perceive and define nature? A qualitative study conducted with children from southern Brazil / ¿Cómo niños de contextos diferentes perciben y definen la naturaleza? Estudio cualitativo con niños del sur de Brasil","authors":"Camila Bolzan-de-Campos, Beatriz Fedrizzi, Carla-Regina Santos-Almeida","doi":"10.1080/21711976.2018.1432526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2018.1432526","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Environmental perceptions are associated with the way in which people experience the environment and relate to its psychosocial dimension, encompassing cognition and affect towards the environment. The aim of this study is to ascertain how children aged between eight and 12 from three different settings (urban, coastal and rural) perceive and define nature. Participants were asked to draw a picture and then, on the basis of this drawing, answer the following question: ‘What is nature to you?’ Content analysis was used to process the data obtained, giving rise to three categories that emerged through the notions and concepts mentioned by the children: elements of nature, human productions and relationship with the environment. One of the salient findings was that children display a similar way of representing nature that does not appear to be significantly linked to their place of residence. Furthermore, the majority of them associate nature with positive affect. However, the results point to the need for further studies conducted from a multi-method perspective in order to improve understanding about children’s environmental perceptions of nature.","PeriodicalId":55641,"journal":{"name":"Psyecology-Revista Bilingue de Psicologia Ambiental","volume":"24 4","pages":"177 - 203"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21711976.2018.1432526","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72486967","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 : 2018-02-28DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2018.1432525
S. Valera, Félix Pérez-Tejera, M. Anguera, Laura Sicilia
Abstract This paper presents an ad hoc instrument for the observation and recording of public space usage based on the combination of field formats and category systems. The EXOdES (Observational Examination of Space) instrument was applied to the analysis of 40 public spaces in the city of Barcelona as part of the collaboration agreement established with the Barcelona City Department of Prevention Services. It describes the theoretical foundations on which the research conducted is based, especially those pertaining to the social quality of public spaces, as well as the theories generated around the concept of public insecurity. In turn, it advocates the role of observational methodology as a valid instrument in psychosocial research, especially when analysing the dynamics of public urban spaces. The results show certain characteristics of the patterns of usage of the public spaces studied based on the analysis of differences in terms of the gender, age and seemingly immigrant/native origin of users, as well as the diversity of uses found and the influence of environmental variables.
{"title":"Evaluating the uses and environmental characteristics of 40 public parks and squares in Barcelona by means of systematic observation / Evaluación de los usos y características ambientales de 40 parques y plazas en Barcelona mediante observación sistemática","authors":"S. Valera, Félix Pérez-Tejera, M. Anguera, Laura Sicilia","doi":"10.1080/21711976.2018.1432525","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2018.1432525","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper presents an ad hoc instrument for the observation and recording of public space usage based on the combination of field formats and category systems. The EXOdES (Observational Examination of Space) instrument was applied to the analysis of 40 public spaces in the city of Barcelona as part of the collaboration agreement established with the Barcelona City Department of Prevention Services. It describes the theoretical foundations on which the research conducted is based, especially those pertaining to the social quality of public spaces, as well as the theories generated around the concept of public insecurity. In turn, it advocates the role of observational methodology as a valid instrument in psychosocial research, especially when analysing the dynamics of public urban spaces. The results show certain characteristics of the patterns of usage of the public spaces studied based on the analysis of differences in terms of the gender, age and seemingly immigrant/native origin of users, as well as the diversity of uses found and the influence of environmental variables.","PeriodicalId":55641,"journal":{"name":"Psyecology-Revista Bilingue de Psicologia Ambiental","volume":"&NA; 1","pages":"118 - 151"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83470553","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}
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