ABSTRACT
Water management requires the participation of individuals who still seem to be reluctant to perform water-saving behaviours. Considering their country-specific water contexts, we analyse whether individuals’ water-saving behaviours depend on their resistance to change. Argentines and Spaniards (n = 1068) participated in two online surveys conducted using two panels and individuals whom interviewers recruited. Both resistance to change and perceived risk positively and significantly affect individuals’ water-saving behaviours. By contrast, the country of origin does not moderate water-saving behaviours. We discuss these findings’ scholarly and water policy implications at the national and supranational levels.
Author contributions
Francisco J. Sarabia-Sanchez: conceptualization, project administration, methodology, investigation, supervision, writing – original draft preparation, reviewing and editing; Juan M. Bruno: investigation, formal analysis, data curation, writing – original draft preparation and editing; Isabel P. Riquelme: validation, writing – original draft preparation, reviewing, and editing.
Supplementary material
Supplemental data for this article can be accessed at https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2023.2268214.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.
Notes
1. RMSEA, root mean squared error of approximation.
2. DF, degrees of freedom.