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DOI	10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112466
	How can socio-psychological factors be related to water-efficiency intention and behaviors among Iranian residential water consumers?
	Shahangian, Seyyed Ahmadreza; Tabesh, Massoud; Yazdanpanah, Masoud
通讯作者	Tabesh, M (corresponding author), Univ Tehran, Coll Engn, Sch Civil Engn, Tehran, Iran.
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ISSN	0301-4797
EISSN	1095-8630
出版年	2021
卷号	288
英文摘要	Water security while facing a growing water demand and decreasing supply has become a vital issue in urban areas, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. Considering households? potential for significant water saving, residential water conservation has become the main component of the future sustainable water supply. To encourage households to engage in water conservation behaviors voluntarily, it is crucial to recognize and consider the socio-psychological factors influencing acceptance of such behaviors, including intention, normative aspects, and so on, because it can lead to the implementation of effective policies in urban water demand management. The main goal of the current research was to investigate the prerequisites and determinants of household water-efficiency intention and behaviors among Iranian citizens. To that end, the current research was based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and extended TPB by adding three new variables: moral norm, perceived risk, and familiarity to the theoretical framework. A questionnaire survey method (N = 820) was used to collect data from Tehran citizens. Structural equation modeling revealed that intention to adopt waterefficiency behaviors was predicted by attitude, perceived behavioral control (the most potent predictor), moral norm, perceived risk, and familiarity. Water-efficiency behaviors were predicted by intention, perceived behavioral control, and familiarity (the strongest determinant). Perceived risk was also a substantial determinant for attitude and moral norm. The findings indicated that both TPB and extended TPB frameworks are useful and practical tools for explaining the relationship between socio-psychological factors and water-efficiency intention and behaviors. Moreover, after the inclusion of the three new variables of moral norm, perceived risk, and familiarity in the original TPB, its predictive power for intention and behaviors increased up to 9% and 21%, respectively. According to the results, implications for improving and promoting water-efficiency intention and behaviors among households and suggestions for relevant future studies are proposed.
英文关键词	Water-efficiency behaviors Theory of planned behavior Water conservation Moral norm Familiarity Perceived risk
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000643728200004
WOS关键词	PLANNED BEHAVIOR ; PREDICTING INTENTIONS ; RENEWABLE ENERGY ; SELF-IDENTITY ; CONSERVATION ; WILLINGNESS ; PERCEPTIONS ; FAMILIARITY ; MANAGEMENT ; EFFICACY
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/350799
作者单位	[Shahangian, Seyyed Ahmadreza; Tabesh, Massoud] Univ Tehran, Coll Engn, Sch Civil Engn, Tehran, Iran; [Yazdanpanah, Masoud] Agr Sci & Nat Resources Univ Khuzestan, Dept Agr Extens & Educ, Mollasani, Iran
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shahangian, Seyyed Ahmadreza,Tabesh, Massoud,Yazdanpanah, Masoud. How can socio-psychological factors be related to water-efficiency intention and behaviors among Iranian residential water consumers?[J],2021,288.
APA	Shahangian, Seyyed Ahmadreza,Tabesh, Massoud,&Yazdanpanah, Masoud.(2021).How can socio-psychological factors be related to water-efficiency intention and behaviors among Iranian residential water consumers?.JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,288.
MLA	Shahangian, Seyyed Ahmadreza,et al."How can socio-psychological factors be related to water-efficiency intention and behaviors among Iranian residential water consumers?".JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 288(2021).