German Laypeople’s Willingness to Donate Toward Insect Conservation: Application of an Extended Protection Motivation Theory

Dörge, Lara; Büscher, Milan; Drews, Jasmin; Eylering, Annike; Fiebelkorn, Florian

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.773913

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“…While the TPB originally included attitudes toward a specific behavior (e.g., donating toward insect conservation), previous research also found that attitudes toward a being or an object (e.g. insects) can predict intentions and behavior (Dörge et al, 2022). Dörge et al (2022) found that attitude toward insects was the most important factor influencing the WTD to an insect conservation project.…”

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“…insects) can predict intentions and behavior (Dörge et al, 2022). Dörge et al (2022) found that attitude toward insects was the most important factor influencing the WTD to an insect conservation project. Moreover, the WTD had a positive influence on the actual donation; thus, investigating the attitudes and their influence on the WTD can be useful for NGOs and campaign development.…”

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“…The current study aims to expand the knowledge about using this method to research attitudes toward insects. Dörge et al (2022) have investigated the influence of attitudes on actual donations for conservation projects; however, in their study, attitudes were recorded with Likert scales. Therefore, including a donation in the current study's design, but deriving the attitudes of the German public toward insects from free word association tests, is a unique research approach.…”

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Free word association analysis of Germans' attitudes toward insects

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In this paper, the results of two free word association tests were analyzed to gain insight into Germans' attitudes toward insects. We used a novel approach in the form of an association network with the help of the software “Gephi” that was originally developed for social network analysis. The influence of attitude on the willingness to donate (WTD) and actual donation to an insect conservation project was investigated as well. Data collection was conducted via an online questionnaire (n = 515; Mage = 49.36, SD = 16.73; female = 50.1%). For the first test, participants listed three associations for the prompt “insect.” The associations were assigned to the three components of attitude: affective, cognitive, and behavioral. For the second test, participants named insects they pictured when thinking about “insects.” The results were taxonomically classified. The WTD was assessed with a Likert‐type scale and an actual donation could be made at the end of the online questionnaire. “Bee” was the most frequently named association, followed by “useful,” “nature,” “pollination,” and “pesky.” “Pesky” was most often named with “useful,” indicating that being aware of insects' usefulness is not enough to supersede negative associations. In the second test, only 6% of the associations were on the species level, which suggests little taxonomic knowledge about or interest in insects. Linear regression revealed that positive affective associations had a positive influence on the WTD and negative affective associations had a negative influence on the WTD, both with a small effect size. We advise educating people not only about the usefulness of insects but also fostering positive, personal encounters to increase positive affective associations and decrease negative ones.

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“…One method researchers have employed to investigate the relationship between attitudes toward conservation and biodiversity is the willingness-to-pay (WTP) procedure ( Martín-López et al, 2007 ; Tsi et al, 2008 ; Wang and Jia, 2012 ; Echeverri et al, 2017 ; Dörge et al, 2022 ). The WTP procedure when used to study attitudes toward animals assumes that people will pay for the conservation of an animal according to their perceptions of that animal’s worth, typically in the form of a monetary donation to support conservation.…”

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“…It is important to underline potential differences between paradigms that measure intended versus actual donations to animal conservation. For example, in Germany Dörge et al (2022) measured both intended and actual donations to insects. Though all respondents were favorable toward insect conservation, a significant intention-behavior gap was found in their response patterns, where their intentions to donate to insect conservation were larger than their actual donations.…”

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The preservation of our planet’s decreasing biodiversity is a global challenge. Human attitudes and preferences toward animals have profound impacts on conservation policies and decisions. To date, the vast majority of studies about human attitudes and concern toward animals have focused largely on western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic (i.e., WEIRD) populations. In order to mitigate biodiversity loss globally, an understanding of how humans make decisions about animals from multicultural perspectives is needed. The present study examines familiarity, liking and endorsement of government protection amongst six broad cultural groups living in Qatar for five threatened animal species indigenous to the Arabian Gulf. Our findings highlight similarities and differences across cultures toward animals. Overall, familiarity did not predict endorsement for government protection after liking was accounted for. Liking, however, emerged as an important predictor of endorsement for government protection across cultures, although the degree of animal liking varied culturally. WEIRD and South East Asian participants showed similar and more positive attitudes toward animals compared to the other groups. Participants from the Arabian Gulf, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia responded similarly toward the animals. Interestingly, the Arabian Gulf group demonstrated significantly less liking and protection endorsement for animals, including those animals which play an important role in their culture. This research highlights intriguing avenues for future research and points to liking as a possible universal human attitude toward animals that influences decision making about conservation across all cultures while suggesting applications for improving education.

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German Laypeople’s Willingness to Donate Toward Insect Conservation: Application of an Extended Protection Motivation Theory

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Free word association analysis of Germans' attitudes toward insects

Free word association analysis of Germans' attitudes toward insects

Cross-Cultural Awareness and Attitudes Toward Threatened Animal Species

Mapping student understanding of bees: Implications for pollinator conservation

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