Personal values, environmental beliefs and ecological behavior of Brazilian employees: the Case of Public Ministry of the Federal District and Territories
Abstract:Resumen Este estudio analizó las relaciones entre valores, creencias ambientales y comportamiento ecológico de trabajadores de una institución pública brasileña ubicada en Brasilia. Una muestra de 295 trabajadores del Ministerio Público del Distrito Federal y Territorios (52,5% mujeres) con media de edad de 39 años (DT = 8,3) respondió tres escalas. Una de los valores personales, una del comportamiento ecológico y una de las creencias ambientales en el contexto de trabajo. Los resultados revelaron que las cree… Show more
“…The group of non-activists, on the other hand, scored higher than the activists in the sub-dimensions of Social Values labelled Self-Enhancement and Conservation, coinciding with the findings of Touguinha and Pato (2011) and Aragonés and Amérigo (1991). These values are frequently associated with conservative ideological positions, which perhaps are aspects that account for the trend that those who do not participate in environmental actions tend to sustain a certain social and economic status quo , even when this threatens the environment.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 72%
“…Por otra parte, el grupo de no activistas puntúa más alto en relación a los activistas en las sub-dimensiones de Valores Sociales de Autopromoción y Conservación, de manera coincidente con los aportes de Touguinha y Pato (2011) y Aragonés y Amérigo (1991). Se trata de valores frecuentemente asociados a posturas ideológicas conservadoras, con lo cual quizás se trate de aspectos que dan cuenta de la tendencia de quienes no participan en acciones de activismo ambiental de sostener un determinado status quo social y económico, aún cuando éste atente contra el ambiente.…”
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“…Otros antecedentes reportan relaciones negativas entre valores de autopromoción con actitudes ecocéntricas y positivas entre estos valores y actitudes antropocéntricas (González López, 2002); y relaciones positivas entre valores biocéntricos con conductas ambientales y negativas entre valores de interés propio y estas conductas (Amérigo y González, 2001). Finalmente, Touguinha y Pato (2011) hallaron que los valores de universalismo y creencias ecocéntricas fueron predictores positivos del comportamiento ecológico, mientras que el valor poder fue un predictor negativo de este comportamiento.…”
Section: Activismo Ambiental: Relación Con Variables Psicosociales Y ...unclassified
“…Other antecedents report negative relationships between self-enhancement values and ecocentric attitudes, and positive relationships between these values and anthropocentric attitudes (González López, 2002); and positive relationships between biocentric values and environmental behaviours, and negative relationships between values of self-interest and these behaviours (Amérigo & González, 2001). Finally, Touguinha and Pato (2011) found that the values of universalism and ecocentric beliefs were positive predictors of environmental behaviour, whereas the power value was a negative predictor of this behaviour.…”
This work is framed within the field of Political and Environmental Psychology. It aimed to analyse environmental activism as a pro-environmental behaviour and as a type of political participation within socio-environmental organizations. Specifically, it was interesting to analyse the differences between a group of activists and a group of non-activists in terms of certain psycho-social (environmental risk perception, environmental concern, social values and knowledge about environmental problems) and psycho-political variables (individual political participation and political ideology). 401 young and adult citizens from the city of Córdoba (Argentina) participated in the study (54.6% female), of which 86.3% were non-activists. In order to achieve the goals of our research, we carried out a correlational study. With a view to finding possible differences between the activist and non-activist groups we applied an ANOVA and a Chi Square analysis to the psycho-social and psycho-political variables. Results show differential psycho-social and psycho-political profiles between activists and non-activists.
“…The group of non-activists, on the other hand, scored higher than the activists in the sub-dimensions of Social Values labelled Self-Enhancement and Conservation, coinciding with the findings of Touguinha and Pato (2011) and Aragonés and Amérigo (1991). These values are frequently associated with conservative ideological positions, which perhaps are aspects that account for the trend that those who do not participate in environmental actions tend to sustain a certain social and economic status quo , even when this threatens the environment.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 72%
“…Por otra parte, el grupo de no activistas puntúa más alto en relación a los activistas en las sub-dimensiones de Valores Sociales de Autopromoción y Conservación, de manera coincidente con los aportes de Touguinha y Pato (2011) y Aragonés y Amérigo (1991). Se trata de valores frecuentemente asociados a posturas ideológicas conservadoras, con lo cual quizás se trate de aspectos que dan cuenta de la tendencia de quienes no participan en acciones de activismo ambiental de sostener un determinado status quo social y económico, aún cuando éste atente contra el ambiente.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…Otros antecedentes reportan relaciones negativas entre valores de autopromoción con actitudes ecocéntricas y positivas entre estos valores y actitudes antropocéntricas (González López, 2002); y relaciones positivas entre valores biocéntricos con conductas ambientales y negativas entre valores de interés propio y estas conductas (Amérigo y González, 2001). Finalmente, Touguinha y Pato (2011) hallaron que los valores de universalismo y creencias ecocéntricas fueron predictores positivos del comportamiento ecológico, mientras que el valor poder fue un predictor negativo de este comportamiento.…”
Section: Activismo Ambiental: Relación Con Variables Psicosociales Y ...unclassified
“…Other antecedents report negative relationships between self-enhancement values and ecocentric attitudes, and positive relationships between these values and anthropocentric attitudes (González López, 2002); and positive relationships between biocentric values and environmental behaviours, and negative relationships between values of self-interest and these behaviours (Amérigo & González, 2001). Finally, Touguinha and Pato (2011) found that the values of universalism and ecocentric beliefs were positive predictors of environmental behaviour, whereas the power value was a negative predictor of this behaviour.…”
This work is framed within the field of Political and Environmental Psychology. It aimed to analyse environmental activism as a pro-environmental behaviour and as a type of political participation within socio-environmental organizations. Specifically, it was interesting to analyse the differences between a group of activists and a group of non-activists in terms of certain psycho-social (environmental risk perception, environmental concern, social values and knowledge about environmental problems) and psycho-political variables (individual political participation and political ideology). 401 young and adult citizens from the city of Córdoba (Argentina) participated in the study (54.6% female), of which 86.3% were non-activists. In order to achieve the goals of our research, we carried out a correlational study. With a view to finding possible differences between the activist and non-activist groups we applied an ANOVA and a Chi Square analysis to the psycho-social and psycho-political variables. Results show differential psycho-social and psycho-political profiles between activists and non-activists.
“…The teacher demonstrates or exemplifies the value on students through academic speech, videos, teamwork, or individual work. Also, the teacher demonstrates explicit behaviors with the values that are intended to be taught, as well as demonstrations with the participation of the teacher and some students in the classroom where the value is made explicit in the student's everyday situations (Gómez, 2017;Touguinha & Pato, 2011).…”
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