Exploring Relationship between Perception Indicators and Mitigation Behaviors of Soil Erosion in Undergraduate Students in Sonora, Mexico
Exploring Relationship between Perception Indicators and Mitigation Behaviors of Soil Erosion in Undergraduate Students in Sonora, Mexico
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10.3390/su13169282
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2021-08
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3.9
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Alondra María Díaz-Rodríguez;C. Kelly;A. del Valle;C. Bravo-Linares;W. Blake;Hugo R. Velasco;Roberto Meigikos dos Anjos;Laura Fernanda Barrera-Hernández;S. de los Santos-Villalobos
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作者：
Alondra María Díaz-Rodríguez;C. Kelly;A. del Valle;C. Bravo-Linares;W. Blake;Hugo R. Velasco;Roberto Meigikos dos Anjos;Laura Fernanda Barrera-Hernández;S. de los Santos-Villalobos
土壤侵蚀对墨西哥和世界来说是一个严重的社会经济和环境危害。鉴于水土流失是一种受人类活动影响的现象，有必要了解对此问题的文化观点水平。墨西哥西北部城市的 275 名大学生使用了具有八个量表的工具，测量了有关水土流失的知识、解决问题的自我效能、未来前景、感知后果、解决水土流失的障碍以及缓解意图和行为。为了分析尺度与土壤侵蚀减缓的意图和行为之间的关系，对结构方程模型进行了测试。总之，参与者了解土壤侵蚀问题及其影响，并认识到对人类和环境健康的风险。他们也知道自己在土壤保持中的重要作用；然而，他们发现了行动的重大障碍。本研究确定，除障碍物外，各指标均与土壤侵蚀减缓意图相关。与缓解意图最积极相关的指标是知识、自我效能和对未来的看法。这些结果的意义为制定有效的战略以减轻该地区和墨西哥的土壤侵蚀开辟了道路。
Soil erosion represents a critical socio-economic and environmental hazard for Mexico and the world. Given that soil erosion is a phenomenon influenced by human activities, it is essential to know the level of cultural perspectives on this matter. An instrument with eight scales was applied to 275 university students from a northwestern Mexican city, which measured the knowledge about soil erosion, self-efficacy in solving the problem, future perspectives, perceived consequences, obstacles to addressing soil erosion, and mitigation intentions and behaviors. To analyze the relationship between the scales and the intentions and behaviors of soil erosion mitigation, a model of structural equations was tested. In summary, the participants know the problem of soil erosion, its impacts, and recognize risks to human and environmental health. They also know their important role within soil conservation; however, they identified significant obstacles to action. This study determined that each indicator has a correlation with soil erosion mitigation intentions except for the obstacles. The indicators that had the greatest positive relationship in mitigation intentions were knowledge, self-efficacy, and the perspective of the future. The implications of these results open the landscape to the creation of efficient strategies to mitigate soil erosion in this region and Mexico.