Validación de la escala de emociones hacia el cuidado del agua

Abstract

This study had the purpose of obtain the psychometric characteristics of a scale of composite emotions to the water conservation behavior, which was developed considering assumptions of cognitive theory of emotions. Responses from a purposive sample of 376 undergraduate students from Mexico City were analyzed. Through a second-order factor analysis, estimated by the robust maximum likelihood method, a final group of three dimensions was ratified, achieving accurate goodness of fit levels and internal consistency. The evidence generated allows for assume that there is, within the Mexican context, a valid and reliable instrument addressed to evaluate three specific emotions (gratitude, anger and remorse) towards actions of water consumption.