Relationship among values, beliefs, norms and ecological behaviour

  1. González López, Antonio
  2. Amérigo Cuervo Arango, María
Revista:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915

Año de publicación: 2008

Volumen: 20

Número: 4

Páginas: 623-629

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Relación entre los valores, creencias, normas y la conducta ecológica. Este estudio se centra en la relación entre variables psicológicas y la conducta ecológica. El análisis empírico conecta valores personales, creencias ecológicas, consecuencias de las condiciones medioambientales, la negación de la obligación ecológica, el control medioambiental, las normas personales y la conducta ambiental. Los resultados obtenidos por medio de análisis de rutas con datos obtenidos en una muestra española de 403 individuos mostraron que las creencias ecológicas, las normas personales y los valores ecoaltruistas se constituyen en las principales variables psicológicas a la hora de explicar la conducta ecológica. Las creencias, medidas con la Escala del Nuevo Paradigma Ecológico, ejercieron el efecto más importante sobre la conducta. Los valores ecológicos y altruistas se relacionaron con la obligación moral. La norma personal actuó como mediadora de los efectos de los valores y del control medioambiental en la conducta ecológica.

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