Experimental Research On The Inlfuences Of Water Resources Attitude And Water Supply Amount On Water Saving Behaviors

water resources attitude is a specific dimension in environmental attitude,which includes the aspects of whether to attach great importance to water resources, andto focus on water issues; whether to develop water-saving consciousness; and whetherto support the activities for protecting water resources and criticize the behaviortendencies resulting in water pollution etc. This research is composed of two studies.PartⅠ, the influence of college students’ water resources attitude and water supplyamount on water-saving behavior is studied, to promote the college students to performwater-saving behaviors effectively. The subjects of this study are the students from theInstitute of Education of Sichuan Normal University. There are32students in total, whoare randomly divided into4groups, with8people in each group. The groups areexperimental group A, experimental group B, experimental group C and control groupD. The experimental group A is intervened by two activities, the experimental group Bis intervened by one activity, and the experimental group C is also intervened by oneactivity, while the control group is not intervened by any activity. The attitude of thesubjects to water resources and their water-saving behavior (water consumption amount)are tested before and after the experiment. This study mainly examines four aspects.First, it examines whether some demographic variables influence college students’attitude to water resources by using the related sample t-test; whether college students’attitude to water resources change before and after the activities; and whether thecollege students’ water-saving behaviors vary before and after the activities. Second,single dependent variable multifactor variance analysis is adopted to analyze theinfluence of attitude to water resources and water supply amount on water-savingbehaviors. Third, regression equation is formulated, using the attitude to water resourcesto predict water saving behaviors. PartⅡ, the influence of residents’ water resources attitude and water supply amounton water-saving behavior is studied, Katie sunshine area.To carry out promotionalactivities in the watershed area, we prepared broadcast video data signature, banners,leaflets distributed and propaganda posters, then add up the residential water use databefore and after activities. Carry on water supply restrictions in Katie’s sunshine District,and add up the residential water use data before and after activities. his study mainlyexamines four aspects. The first aspect is using paired-samples t test to examine theinfluence of water resources attitude moonlight watershed area residents for watersaving behavior. The second is the use of related samples t test to examine the Katiesunshine District in limited supply of water conditions, water saving behavior changesof area residents. The third is the repeated measures analysis of variance wereinvestigated by single factor, before, after, tracing effect test.The research results show that:(1) The factors of grade, gender, family monthly income and place of residence allinfluence college students’ attitude to water resources, and there is no significantdifference at the statistical level.(2) The factors of grade, gender, family monthly income and place of residence allinfluence college students’ water-saving behaviors, and there is no significant differenceat the statistical level.(3) The attitude to water resources has a significant main effect of influence onwater-saving behaviors, and functions better in the prediction of water-saving behaviors;the water supply amount does not have a significant main effect of influence onwater-saving behaviors, and can not function very well in the prediction of water-savingbehavior; and there is no interaction between the two factors.(4) For villages where publicity activities have been carried out, there aresignificant differences among the results of the pre-test, post-test and tracking test. Thewater consumption amount examined in the pre-test is the largest, while that in thepost-test is the smallest.(5) For villages where notification activities have been implemented, there is nosignificant difference among the results of the pre-test, post-test and tracking test. Thewater consumption amount examined in the post-test is the largest, while that in thetracking test is the smallest.