College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 May 10;18(9):5023. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18095023.
Encouraging farmers to protect their environment is of great significance in improving watershed ecological environments and promoting the sustainable development of the watershed economy. To explore the factors influencing farmers' ecological protection behaviours in the river basin, we constructed a structural equation model to analyse the survey questionnaire responses of 719 farmers in the Wei River Basin, Shaanxi Province, China. The theoretical framework incorporated farmers' watershed belonging and social capital into an extended value-belief-norm model. Robustness tests revealed that incorporating these variables was valid. Personality norms, watershed belonging, and social capital all had direct positive effects on farmers' watershed ecological protection behaviour. Value orientation, environmental concern, consequences awareness, and responsibility attribution influenced the next variable in a causal chain and finally acted on watershed ecological protection behaviour indirectly through personality norms. Farmers' watershed belonging and social capital positively impacted individual norm; through this, there was an indirect positive impact on their watershed ecological protection behaviour. Moreover, watershed belonging and social capital reinforced each other.
鼓励农民保护环境对于改善流域生态环境和促进流域经济的可持续发展具有重要意义。为了探讨影响农民流域生态保护行为的因素，我们构建了一个结构方程模型，对中国陕西省渭河流域 719 名农民的调查问卷进行了分析。理论框架将农民的流域归属感和社会资本纳入扩展的价值-信念-规范模型。稳健性检验表明，纳入这些变量是有效的。人格规范、流域归属感和社会资本都对农民的流域生态保护行为有直接的积极影响。价值取向、环境关注、后果意识和责任归因通过人格规范影响下一个变量，并通过个体规范间接对流域生态保护行为产生积极影响。农民的流域归属感和社会资本对个人规范有正向影响，从而对流域生态保护行为产生间接的正向影响。此外，流域归属感和社会资本相互加强。
