Correlación entre la obligación moral y proambientalidad en población escolarizada de zona rural del Quindío-Colombia

Objective: determine the relationship between moral obligation and pro-environmentality in students from a rural locality in Colombia.Method: An investigation was carried out with a cross-sectional and correlational-type quantitative approach.Through a convenience sampling and complying with the established selection criteria, young adolescents enrolled in grades eight through eleven were included. The validated Likert-type scale of environmental attitudes towards specific problems was applied. The analysis of the information was carried out in the SPSS program (Version 23); Absolute frequencies and percentages are presented for qualitative variables, as well as mean/median and standard deviation/interquartile range for variables of a quantitative nature. Correlation analysis was performed with Spearman's test. Results: a total of 274 adolescents were included, average age 14 years, 53.3% men and 39.8% in eighth grade. 83.9% stated that they take care of the environment. A relationship was found between moral obligation and social norm (Rho: 0.43; p ≤ 0.0001) but not between them and environmental awareness (p > 0.05). The results show that ecological knowledge as an institutionalized teaching is not related to moral obligation. Conclusion: The research showed the moral obligation and the social norm are in line with pro-environmental conduct. A multidimensional approach is suggested to explain the moral and pro-environmental obligation.

• Autores: Gonzales Portillo, Juan; Arbeláez Caro, Joan Sebastian; Grajales Ramírez, Claudia Johanna; León López, Juan Sebastián; Patiño Bernal, Luisa Fernanda
• Fecha de publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad Santo Tomás
• Repositorio: Repositorio Institucional USTA
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.usta.edu.co:11634/45160
• Acceso en línea: http://revistas.ustabuca.edu.co/index.php/USTASALUD_ODONTOLOGIA/article/view/2767; http://hdl.handle.net/11634/45160
• License: Derechos de autor 2022 Ustasalud