Understanding the acceptability of wolf management actions: Roles of cognition and emotion
| Autor: | Maarten H. Jacobs, Tanja M. Straka, Kelly K. Miller |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0106 biological sciences
wildlife value orientations Cognition WASS Cultural Geography Management Monitoring Policy and Law Mutually exclusive events emotions 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences language.human_language wolves acceptability lethal control 010601 ecology German Biodiversity conservation Acceptability Nothing language Valence (psychology) Public education Social psychology Nature and Landscape Conservation |
| Zdroj: | Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 25(1), 33-46 Human Dimensions of Wildlife 25 (2020) 1 Human dimensions of wildlife, 25(1):33-46 |
| ISSN: | 1087-1209 |
| Popis: | Wolf management actions are seldom universally accepted and understanding diverse opinions is of value for conservation practitioners. Previous research has either investigated cognitions or emotions to understand public acceptability of wolf management actions. We investigated both concepts simultaneously to identify whether their predictive potentials are mutually exclusive. A survey measuring wildlife value orientations, valence (positive-negative emotions) toward wolves, and responses to wolf management actions (doing nothing, public education, lethal control) was completed by 597 Dutch and German university students. Valence predicted the acceptability of all wolf management actions. Wildlife value orientations predicted the acceptability of lethal control and partially public education but not of doing nothing. Emotions thus added predictive potential next to cognitions to understand responses to wolf management actions. For both research and practice, it is important to acknowledge that the acceptability of wolf management actions is not only guided by what people think, but also by what they feel. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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