Abstract

PINHEIRO, José Q  and  FARIAS DINIZ, Raquel. Self-assessment and social perception of pro-environmental commitment: psychological and common sense measures. rev.latinoam.psicol. [online]. 2013, vol.45, n.3, pp.413-422. ISSN 0120-0534.  https://doi.org/10.14349/rlp.v45i3.1483.

Abstract Psychological research on environmental commitment (EC) typically uses scales developed to assess people's concern for environmental issues. However, the results are not always well understood by professionals of related areas, as in the case of environmental educators. We present two studies (N1 = 380; N2 = 205), whose objective was to compare the self-perception of EC to its social perception. Participants evaluated their own EC, by means of psychological scales and self-reports of their own practice of environmental care. They also evaluated the EC of colleagues who had been studying in the same class. We have found correspondence between EC's self-perception and the social variety, reported by the peers. The social perception was clearly more expressive between both common sense indicators than between psychological scales and common sense, emphasizing the need for more studies on the theme.

Keywords : environmental commitment; environmental care; social perception; self-evaluation; common sense.

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