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Psychosocial Intervention
On-line version ISSN 2173-4712Print version ISSN 1132-0559
Abstract
PALAVECINOS, Mireya; AMERIGO, María; ULLOA, Jorge B. and MUNOZ, Jaime. Environmental concern and ecological responsible behavior in university students: A comparative analysis between Chilean and Spanish students. Psychosocial Intervention [online]. 2016, vol.25, n.3, pp.143-148. ISSN 2173-4712. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psi.2016.01.001.
As part of a pilot study aimed at the transcultural analysis of environmental concern and its relationship with ecological behavior, a questionnaire assessing these was developed in Spain, and tested in Spain and in Chile. Chilean (n = 88) and Spanish (n = 149) students filled out the questionnaire. The results were analysed according to the model of multidimensional conceptualisation of concern for the environment manifested in 4 types of attitude: apathetic, anthropocentric, connected and emotional affinity (Amérigo et al., 2012). Results differed between the two groups, and cultural and psychosocial variables appear to play a significant role in this. This suggest that it is important to have instruments that facilitate environmental studies in the Chilean context, and to take contextual factors (such as the exacerbation of the country's environmental crisis and citizens’ concern about the situation) into account in such studies. Transcultural studies are key to deepening our understanding of the subject at the worldwide level.
Keywords : Environmental concern; Ecological behavior; Transcultural studies.