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    Assessing the Unidimensionality of Clayton’s Environmental Identity Scale Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Bifactor Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (bifactor-ESEM)
    (Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2021) Moreira, Paulo; Loureiro, Ana Luisa Cardoso Marques Teixeira; Inman, Richard; Olivos-Jara, Pablo; HEI-LAB (FCT) - Digital Laboratories for Environments and Human Interactions
    A relevant intrapersonal characteristic for understanding intentions and behavior toward environmental sustainability is the degree to which nature is important for a person’s self-definition. Clayton’s Environmental Identity (EID) scale purports to measure this construct. However, a limited number of prior exploratory studies of this measure have supported different factor structures. Hence, our initial aim was to develop an understanding of the dimensionality of Clayton’s 24-item EID scale by testing competing latent structures using confirmatory factor analysis. We analyzed self-reported data from 458 adults (Mage = 26.7 years; 81% female). Four a priori models (a first-order model, a second-order model, a unidimensional model, and a bifactor model) did not show satisfactory fit to the data. An ancillary analysis using bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling (bifactor-ESEM) indicated a bifactor model with three specific factors had a good fit to the data. The factor loadings of this model and values for bifactor indices (Omega Hierarchical and Explained Common Variance [ECV]) indicated a single mean score across all EID scale items taps into an essentially unidimensional construct and is therefore appropriate to interpret. In sum, our study provides a critical insight into the dimensionality of Clayton’s EID scale that will be valuable when applying this measure for research and intervention purposes.
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    Connectedness and well-being in simulated nature
    (Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2021) Pasca, Laura; Carrus, Giuseppe; Loureiro, Ana Luisa Cardoso Marques Teixeira; Navarro, Oscar; Panno, Angelo; Tapía-Follen, Cesar; Aragonés, Juan Ignacio; HEI-LAB (FCT) - Digital Laboratories for Environments and Human Interactions
    People relate to nature physically, cognitively and emotionally, and this relationship fosters their well-being. There are several types of environments that vary according to their degree of naturalness, raising the question of whether they each exert different effects on people, connectedness and well-being. In order to study the extent to which environmental connectedness and well-being are a function of viewing different types of nature, we conducted a study with 454 participants from five different countries, who viewed images on a computer screen of one of three types of environment (totally natural, quasi-natural or non-natural) and responded to a series of associated items. The results of a mediation analysis showed an indirect effect of type of environment on well-being through positive and negative affect and connectedness to nature. The corresponding ANOVAs revealed differences in the connectedness and well-being elicited by different types of environment, and in preference: totally natural and quasi-natural environments (with no differences between them) showed differences with non-natural environments. Therefore, our study results suggest the usefulness of images of natural environments in fostering people's well-being and connectedness to nature.
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    Effects of contact with nature on connectedness, environmental identity and evoked contents
    (Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2020) Mena-García, Antonio; Olivos-Jara, Pablo; Loureiro, Ana Luisa Cardoso Marques Teixeira; Navarro, Oscar; HEI-LAB (FCT) - Digital Laboratories for Environments and Human Interactions
    Natural experiences influence identity and the way of interacting with the environment, and their effects are varied, including wellbeing and positive thoughts towards nature. This study analyses the effects produced as a result of real or virtual experiences of nature. A total of 288 people took part in this research, distributed among three experimental conditions: nature walk, images of nature and control group. Changes were registered in terms of connectedness and environmental identity, caused by the experimental conditions and differences in the free evocations generated. Connection to nature was higher among those who took part in the nature walks, related to the evocation of positive emotions, memories of social experiences in nature and pro-environmental reflections. These results are interesting for the field of environmental education and the promotion of environmental values and behaviours.
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    Energy-Saving Behavior: the Different Roles of Altruism and of Environmentalism
    (Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2019) Loureiro, Ana Luisa Cardoso Marques Teixeira; Lima, Maria Luisa; HEI-LAB (FCT) - Digital Laboratories for Environments and Human Interactions
    This experimental study, in which 118 university students participated, addresses how environmental and altruistic cues induce energy-saving behavior and intention, and their interaction with environmental and altruistic values, thus testing the influence of context or situational variables in energy-saving behavior and intention. Additionally, it does an empirical approach to the role that environmental and altruistic values may have as individual predictors of energy-saving. Environmental and altruistic situational cues are operationalized by environment and altruism conceptual priming. The results reveal an interaction between situational variables and personal values: environment priming induced more energysaving behavior among individuals with lower altruistic values. The same effect is not observed for energy-saving intention. When the environment and altruism priming were present, individuals with lower altruistic values had less energy-saving intentions. These results underline the importance of distinguishing environmental and altruistic frames and motives when explaining energy-saving behavior.
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    Environmental Action Scale: psychometric properties of the Portuguese version (Escala de Acciones Ambientales: propiedades psicométricas de la versión portuguesa) : psychometric properties of the Portuguese version (Escala de Acciones Ambientales: propiedades psicométricas de la versión portuguesa)
    (Sage Publications, 2021) Carmona, Beatriz; Loureiro, Ana Luisa Cardoso Marques Teixeira; Aguilar-Luzón, M. Carmen; HEI-LAB (FCT) - Digital Laboratories for Environments and Human Interactions
    The Environmental Action Scale (EAS) is an 18-item questionnaire designed to assess the degree of involvement in collective actions in favour of the environment. This scale is of interest for research in environmental domains, particularly the recent study of environmental activism. The main objective of this study is to contribute to the adaptation and validation of the Portuguese version of the EAS. The EAS Portuguese version — following its adaptation — was administered to a total of 346 participants. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed the two dimensions considered by the authors of the original version: participatory actions and leadership actions. In addition, evidence of validity was obtained based on the relationship with other variables such as environmental identity. In conclusion, the Portuguese version maintains the 18 items and replicates the two-factor structure, showing good psychometric properties.
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    Special issue. Places and human behaviour: from local to global — PSICAMB 2017 / XIV Conference on Environmental Psychology
    (Taylor & Francis, 2020) Loureiro, Ana Luisa Cardoso Marques Teixeira; Bernardo, Maria de Fátima Campos; HEI-LAB (FCT) - Digital Laboratories for Environments and Human Interactions
    This special issue publishes a selection of works presented at the XIV Conference on Environmental Psychology, held in Évora in June 2017, under the auspices of PSICAMBAsociación de Psicología Ambiental
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    Uso de espaços verdes urbanos pelas pessoas idosas e sua perceção de saúde e qualidade de vida
    (Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2023) Almeida, Inês; Loureiro, Ana Luisa Cardoso Marques Teixeira; Rosa, Rosário; Escola de Comunicação, Arquitetura, Artes e Tecnologias da Informação
    O presente capítulo visa apresentar o trabalho em curso no âmbito de um projeto de doutoramento em Urbanismo. O projeto tem como objetivo geral explorar a relação entre a perceção de qualidade de vida e bem-estar mental das pessoas idosas (com 65 ou mais anos) e a sua utilização de espaços públicos verdes em contexto urbano. Esta inter-relação entre saúde e ambiente natural não é inovadora e já em 1986, na conferência de Ottawa, se reconhece e destaca a sua importância ao incluí-la na agenda de saúde pública. O projeto aqui descrito está alicerçado, por um lado, na ideia de que a expansão urbana impacta nos cidadãos em várias dimensões e, portanto, exige que o urbanismo responda às suas necessidades e direitos. Por outro lado, as pessoas com 65 e mais anos são globalmente um grupo em crescimento e um dos mais vulneráveis às rápidas transformações decorrentes da contínua urbanização. Urge, então, encontrar respostas que permitam às pessoas que vivem e envelhecem em cidades usufruírem da longevidade, mas com qualidade de vida. Assim, no final do projeto espera-se poder fornecer algumas respostas às seguintes questões: o bem-estar mental e a qualidade de vida das pessoas idosas melhoram com o uso de espaços verdes urbanos e quais as características dos espaços que são mais importantes para esses utilizadores? A informação que conduzirá às respostas será extraída do questionário desenvolvido para o estudo I deste projeto (os diferentes estudos do projeto são apresentados na secção sobre metodologia deste capítulo), que, devido à emergência de saúde pública resultante do surto de SARS-CoV-2, não pôde ser aplicado nas datas inicialmente previstas. Adicionalmente, o questionário foi alterado no sentido de incluir questões que permitam também compreender o impacto percebido da situação pandémica no uso e frequência de espaços públicos, e na qualidade de vida e bem-estar mental percebidos.