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Measuring objective knowledge of potable recycled water
Author(s) -
MahmoudElhaj Dana,
Tanner Braden,
Sabatini David,
Feltz Adam
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/jcop.22402
Subject(s) - potable water , work (physics) , water source , disgust , environmental health , psychological intervention , environmental science , water resource management , environmental engineering , psychology , engineering , medicine , social psychology , mechanical engineering , anger , psychiatry
Reliable clean drinking water is becoming increasingly scarce. One potential additional source of drinking water is recycled water. However, public acceptance of potable recycled drinking water is low. One likely factor involved in the acceptance of recycled drinking water is objective knowledge about recycled water. In three studies ( N = 229, 590, and 200), we developed a 34‐item measure of objective knowledge of recycled drinking water. The objective knowledge measure was often a strong and unique predictor of intentions to accept and use recycled drinking water compared to other prominent factors including disgust and subjective knowledge of recycled water. Measuring knowledge of recycled drinking water holds the potential to estimate how and whether educational interventions aimed at increasing acceptance of recycled drinking water programs work.