Beliefs, perceived risk, obstacles and intention to act. An explanatory model for mitigation and coping behaviours regarding climate change (Creencias, percepción de riesgo, obstáculos e intención de actuar. Un modelo explicativo de conductas de mitigación y afrontamiento ante el cambio climático)

Exploring Relationship between Perception Indicators and Mitigation Behaviors of Soil Erosion in Undergraduate Students in Sonora, Mexico

“…However, when the obstacles were included in the model, it showed no relationship with the behavioral intentions or mitigation behaviors (Figure 3), concluding that the obstacles are not a limitation when it comes to acting by the students of Sonora. Similar results were found by Barrera-Hernandez et al (2021), where the perception of obstacles did not significantly impact the intentions to act on their model [30].…”

“…Knowledge was highly correlated to the perception of environmental impacts and health risks as shown in Table 6; similar results were found by Barrera-Hernandez et al (2020), ratifying that beliefs and knowledge about environmental problems are related to the perception of risk, therefore these factors can partly explain the behavioral intentions and can be used as a strategy in the development of mitigation behaviors [30]. For example, Semenza et al (2011) indicated that the participants in their study may be more receptive to behavior change and be motivated to adopt mitigation measures when climate change is framed in terms of public health [40].…”

“…The study of this sociocultural perspective can help in identifying and understanding the factors that facilitate and inhibit mitigation behaviors and the adoption of sustainable practices, both of which are essential to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of soil management and, in particular, soil conservation strategies. Most studies on environmental perception and behavior focus on other environmental issues [25,[27][28][29][30], with only a few focusing on soil erosion. Besides, studies on the perception of soil erosion have been carried out on farmers and leave out the other social groups [31][32][33].…”

“…This work aims to analyze the relationship between perception indicators (knowledge, self-efficacy, future perspective, risk perception, and obstacles) in undergraduate students to understand their perception of the problem of soil erosion and determine the factors that promote the intentions and behaviors of its mitigation. This research is framed within environmental psychology and takes up variables that have been studied and whose predictive power has been proven [30,37,38].…”