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Previous issue date: 2005-09-12 / Although water scarcity is recognized as one of the main world-wide problems to be faced by human kind, ecologically unsustainable patterns of behavior still persist. Thus, the objective of this study was to analyze pro-environmental behavior related to water, as well as meanings associated to it by high school students of Federal Center of Technological Education of Rio Grande do Norte, in Natal. The convenience sample was composed by 315 students, 146 women and 169 men, who answered a questionnaire about use and perception of water, containing indicators of proenvironmentalism, environmental care, sustainable development, time perspective, externalities and collectivism, besides socio-demographic items. According to participants, water is synonymous of life, even though the relationship they present with it is ambiguous, much more functional than ecological; they consider it a finite resource, an indispensable life patrimony, however there was no coherence between such conceptions and the self-reported behaviors of water use. Results indicated three important predictors of pro-environmental behavior: sex of respondent, New Ecological Paradigm Scale and telephone/address left for eventual contact to participate in future environmental campaigns. They may be used in additional studies for theoretical development, or to assist in the planning of programs of environmental education, aimed at the inhibition of the effects of a culture of consumption and of an utilitarian perception of water, extending individual and collective efforts towards the preservation of common resources as water / Embora a escassez de ?gua seja reconhecida como um dos principais problemas mundiais a ser enfrentado pela humanidade, padr?es comportamentais ecologicamente insustent?veis ainda persistem. Assim, o objetivo deste estudo foi analisar determinantes do comportamento pr?-ambiental relativo ? ?gua, bem como os significados que lhe s?o atribu?dos por alunos do ensino m?dio do Centro Federal de Educa??o Tecnol?gica do Rio Grande do Norte, em Natal. Compuseram a amostra de conveni?ncia 315 estudantes, 146 mulheres e 169 homens, que responderam a um question?rio sobre uso e percep??o da ?gua, contendo tamb?m indicadores de pr?-ambientalismo, cuidado ambiental, desenvolvimento sustent?vel, perspectiva temporal, externalidades e coletivismo, al?m de inqu?rito s?cio-demogr?fico. Para os participantes, ?gua ? sin?nimo de vida, muito embora a rela??o que mant?m com ela parece d?bia e, muito mais funcional que ecol?gica; consideram-na um recurso finito, um patrim?nio indispens?vel ? vida, contudo n?o foi observada coer?ncia entre as concep??es manifestadas e os comportamentos auto-relatados de uso da ?gua. Os resultados encontrados apontaram preditores importantes do comportamento pr?-ambiental relativo ? ?gua: sexo do respondente, Escala Novo Paradigma Ecol?gico e deixar forma de contato para participar de campanhas futuras. Seja para aprofundamento te?rico em novos estudos, seja para auxiliar na elabora??o de programas de educa??o ambiental, que poderiam contribuir para inibir os efeitos de uma cultura de consumo e de uma vis?o utilitarista da ?gua, ampliando esfor?os individuais e coletivos para a preserva??o de bens comuns, como a ?gua. Palavras-chave: psicologia ambiental; sustentabilidade; ?gua; comportamento pr?ambiental
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:IBICT/oai:repositorio.ufrn.br:123456789/17553 |
| Date | 12 September 2005 |
| Creators | Quevedo, Violeta Odete Ribeiro de |
| Contributors | CPF:66902991804, http://lattes.cnpq.br/5503576309484010, G?nther, Hartmut, CPF:22232621049, http://lattes.cnpq.br/6352894014134453, Lucas Filho, Manoel, CPF:06704816453, http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.do?id=K4781230U8&dataRevisao=null, Pinheiro, Jos? de Queiroz |
| Publisher | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Psicologia, UFRN, BR, Psicologia, Sociedade e Qualidade de Vida |
| Source Sets | IBICT Brazilian ETDs |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFRN, instname:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, instacron:UFRN |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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