TY - JOUR
T1 - A structural model of reuse and recycling in Mexico
AU - Corral-Verdugo, Victor
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Direct observations are used to analyze reuse and recycling patterns of 100 families in a middle-sized northwestern Mexico city and reveal that reuse is practiced more than recycling. An inventory administered to housewives examined potential predictors of the studied practices, investigating dispositional factors (motives, competencies, beliefs, knowledge), demographic variables (age, income, education), and situational variables (storage facilities, presence of collectors of recyclables, use of radio, TV, newspapers, and books). Each variable was presumed related to conservation behavior. Multiple regression and causal structural models were used to investigate the direct and indirect effects of these factors. Multiple regressions produced a limited number of significant (direct) predictors of reuse and recycling, whereas structural models revealed conservation competencies and motives to reuse/recycle to be the most important direct predictors. Moreover, these analyses showed that situational and demographic factors exerted significant indirect influence on conservation behavior through reuse/recycling motives and competencies.
AB - Direct observations are used to analyze reuse and recycling patterns of 100 families in a middle-sized northwestern Mexico city and reveal that reuse is practiced more than recycling. An inventory administered to housewives examined potential predictors of the studied practices, investigating dispositional factors (motives, competencies, beliefs, knowledge), demographic variables (age, income, education), and situational variables (storage facilities, presence of collectors of recyclables, use of radio, TV, newspapers, and books). Each variable was presumed related to conservation behavior. Multiple regression and causal structural models were used to investigate the direct and indirect effects of these factors. Multiple regressions produced a limited number of significant (direct) predictors of reuse and recycling, whereas structural models revealed conservation competencies and motives to reuse/recycle to be the most important direct predictors. Moreover, these analyses showed that situational and demographic factors exerted significant indirect influence on conservation behavior through reuse/recycling motives and competencies.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0000150073&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/001391659602800505
DO - 10.1177/001391659602800505
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0013-9165
VL - 28
SP - 665
EP - 696
JO - ENVIRONMENT AND BEHAVIOR
JF - ENVIRONMENT AND BEHAVIOR
IS - 5
ER -