Attitude and willingness of biodiversity conservation in Chinese university students: Associated factors and the mediation of social support.

Autor: Zhang Y; College of Biodiversity Conservation, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China., Hou ML; College of Biodiversity Conservation, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China., Chen CQ; College of Biodiversity Conservation, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China., Liao ZY; College of Biodiversity Conservation, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China., Guan YF; College of Biodiversity Conservation, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China., Yuan YL; College of Biodiversity Conservation, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China., Zhang Y; College of Biodiversity Conservation, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China., Zhao MY; Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China., Tang TT; College of Biodiversity Conservation, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2024 Jul 19; Vol. 19 (7), pp. e0307510. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 19 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307510
Abstrakt: In this cross-sectional study of 1475 Chinese university students, we explored associated factors of attitude and willingness of biodiversity conservation, analyzed the hypothesized mediation by social support in the association between attitude and willingness of biodiversity conservation. Multivariate logistic regression model revealed that major and social support were prominently related to both attitude and willingness of biodiversity conservation. Besides, path model identified a statistically significant mediation by social support, sex, race, and family residence presented noticeable effect modification on the mediation of social support. These major findings suggest that intervention measures which aiming at enhancing social support could be considered for elevating attitude and willingness of biodiversity conservation among Chinese university students.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright: © 2024 Zhang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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