The mediating role of farmers' time perspective in water resources exploitation behaviour in the eastern area of Lake Urmia, Iran: An environmental psychological analysis

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Sadeghi, Ali (author), Bijani, Masoud (author), and Farhadian, Homayoun (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-08
    URL:
    https://doi.org/10.1111/wej.12510
    Published:
    Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 78 Document Number: D10818
    Journal Title:
    Water and Environment Journal
    Subject Term:
    analysis, behavior, communication methods, environmental communication, farmers, information dissemination, information needs, natural resource management, water, water conservation, Iran (Islamic Republic of) (Southern Asia), and perspectives
    Notes:
    15 pages., via online journal., This study aimed to analyse the mediating role of farmers' time perspective in water resources exploitation behaviour/s (WREB). The study was descriptive correlational and causal relational and was carried out using a survey. The statistical population consisted of farmers in the eastern area of Lake Urmia (N = 232 295), of whom 386 persons were selected using a stratified random sampling method. The instrument was a questionnaire, whose validity was confirmed by a panel of experts. Its reliability was also verified by performing the Cronbach's alpha test (0.60 ≥ α ≥ 0.94). The causal framework is presented based on the findings. In such a condition, self‐efficacy, psychological needs and time perspective had the highest total causal effect on farmers' WREB. Moreover, the results confirmed the mediating role of time perspective (as a personal variable) and time norms (as a social variable) in WREB. Therefore, the proper conduct of farmers' WREB needs to provide a futuristic perspective, which is also confirmed by social norms.

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