Department of Psychology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Canada.
WaTER Center, School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Canada.
J Community Psychol. 2020 Aug;48(6):2033-2052. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22402. Epub 2020 Jul 1.
Reliable clean drinking water is becoming increasingly scarce. One potential additional source of drinking water is recycled water. However, public acceptance of potable recycled drinking water is low. One likely factor involved in the acceptance of recycled drinking water is objective knowledge about recycled water. In three studies (N = 229, 590, and 200), we developed a 34-item measure of objective knowledge of recycled drinking water. The objective knowledge measure was often a strong and unique predictor of intentions to accept and use recycled drinking water compared to other prominent factors including disgust and subjective knowledge of recycled water. Measuring knowledge of recycled drinking water holds the potential to estimate how and whether educational interventions aimed at increasing acceptance of recycled drinking water programs work.
可靠的清洁饮用水正变得越来越稀缺。潜在的另一种饮用水来源是再生水。然而，公众对可饮用再生饮用水的接受程度较低。影响人们对再生饮用水接受程度的一个可能因素是对再生水的客观认知。在三项研究（N=229、590 和 200）中，我们开发了一个由 34 个项目组成的再生饮用水客观知识测量工具。与其他突出因素（包括厌恶和对再生水的主观认知）相比，客观知识测量工具通常是接受和使用再生饮用水的意愿的有力且独特的预测指标。衡量对再生饮用水的认知程度有可能估计旨在提高对再生水计划的接受度的教育干预措施的效果和可行性。
