Open AccessPro-environmental behaviour and personality: Analysis in a suburb of Lima.
Author(s) -
Rosario Liz Zapata Suárez,
Ángela Castrechini Trotta
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
quaderns de psicología/cuadernos de psicología
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.12
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2014-4520
pISSN - 0211-3481
DOI - 10.5565/rev/qpsicologia.932
Subject(s) - extraversion and introversion , neuroticism , personality , big five personality traits , psychology , eysenck personality questionnaire , socioeconomic status , population , alternative five model of personality , environmental pollution , clinical psychology , social psychology , environmental health , medicine , geography , environmental protection
Se exploró la conducta pro-ambiental -CPA- en un barrio periférico de Lima con condiciones socio-económicas deprimidas y con altos índices de contaminación y cómo estos comportamientos correlacionaban con variables de tipo psicológico –rasgos de personalidad de sus pobladores- y de tipo contextual –grado de cercanía con focos contaminantes-. Se aplicaron dos instrumentos a una muestra de 300 sujetos: una escala para medir la CPA (Pato y Tamayo, 2006) y un cuestionario de personalidad basado en la teoría de Eysenck (Cuestionario de Personalidad EPI-Forma A). Los resultados indican un auto-reporte positivo en el desempeño de conductas proambientales. En cuanto a los rasgos de personalidad, los sujetos puntuaron alto en el índice de neuroticismo y bajo en el de extroversión. Los factores de personalidad no correlacionaron significativamente con las dimensiones de la conducta pro-ambiental, concluyendo que estos rasgos no son indicadores relevantes para explicar la conducta pro-ambiental en la población analizadaThis paper explore pro-environmental behaviours in a suburb of Lima -with depressed socioeconomic conditions and high levels of pollution- and how these behaviours correlate with psychological-personality traits and contextual variables -degree of proximity to polluting sources. Two instruments were applied to a sample of 300 subjects: a scale to measure pro-environmental behaviour (Pato and Tamayo, 2006) and a personality questionnaire based on Eysenck theory (EPI Personality Questionnaire-Form A). The results indicate a positive self-reported performance of pro-environmental behaviours. As for personality traits, subjects scored highly on the index of neuroticism and low in extraversion. Personality factors did not correlate significantly with the dimensions of pro-environmental behaviour, concluding that these traits are not relevant indicators to explain pro-environmental behaviours in the population teste