Sustainable behavior and time perspective: present, past, and future orientations and their relationship with water conservation behavior / Conducta sostenible y perspectiva temporal: 0rientaciones al presente, pasado y futuro y su relación con la conducta de ahorro de agua

ABSTRACT

Three hundred individuals at a Mexican city responded to Zimbardo’s Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI), and self-reported how frequently they engaged in water conservation practices. The ZTPI assesses individual differences in terms of attitudes believed to identify orientations towards a positive or negative past, hedonistic or fatalistic present, and future orientations. Results were processed within two structural equation models, which showed that present orientation negatively affected water conservation. Water conservation did not correlate with past orientation. Yet, that pro-environmental behavior significantly and positively was influenced by Future Orientation. Women reported a higher involvement in water conservation practices, whereas adult individuals (> 18 years old) and those with higher schooling levels presented a higher Future Orientation. Proposals considering these results are discussed aimed at developing sustainable attitudes and behaviors.

RESUMEN

Trecentos mexicanos contestaron a los reactivos del Inventario de Perspectiva Temporal de Zimbardo (IPTZ) y auto-reportaron sus conductas de ahorro de agua. El IZPT mide diferencias individuales en t‚rminos de orientaciones hacia un pasado positivo o negativo, un presente fatalista o hedonista y tendencia hacia el futuro. Los resultados se procesaron en dos modelos de ecuaciones estructurales, revelando que la orientaci¢n al presente afecta negativamente al ahorro de agua. Este ahorro no se correlacion¢ con la orientaci¢n al pasado, pero s¡ lo hizo positivamente con la orientaci¢n al futuro. Las mujeres reportaron ahorrar m s agua, mientras que los adultos (> 18 a¤os) y las personas de mayor escolaridad se plantearon con una mayor orientaci¢n hacia el futuro.