Cross-cultural applications of the New Ecological Paradigm in protected area contexts

Leejiah Dorward; Harriet Ibbett; Asri A  Dwiyahreni; Edward M Kohi; Karlina Prayitno; Stephen  Sankeni; Joseph F Kaduma; Rose Mawenya; Jesca Mchomvu; Humairah  Sabiladiyni; Andie Wijaya  Saputra; Jatna Supriatna; Tyassanti  Trywidiarini; Freya A. V. St. John

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Cross-cultural applications of the New Ecological Paradigm in protected area contexts

Leejiah Dorward, Harriet Ibbett, Asri A Dwiyahreni, Edward M Kohi, Karlina Prayitno, Stephen Sankeni, Joseph F Kaduma, Rose Mawenya, Jesca Mchomvu, Humairah Sabiladiyni, Andie Wijaya Saputra, Jatna Supriatna, Tyassanti Trywidiarini, Freya A. V. St. John

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Working mostly in Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic countries, environmental psychologists have developed scales assessing relationships between pro-environmental beliefs and behaviors. Working in Tanzanian and Indonesian protected area landscapes, containing important biodiversity and conflict over human-nature interactions, we investigate the utility of the New Ecological Paradigm for measuring pro-environmental beliefs and understanding support for protected area regulations. We found the New Ecological Paradigm ineffective at measuring pro-environmental beliefs in both countries; in Tanzania due to acquiescence bias, and in Indonesia exploratory factor analysis supported none of the original factors, with 4 of 15 statements loading onto a novel "eco-fragility" factor. Individual statements in both countries and the eco-fragility factor in Indonesia were weakly correlated with support for protected area regulations, highlighting while elements of the New Ecological Paradigm can improve understanding of support for protected area regulations, care must be taken when applying psychometric tools in novel cultural contexts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	120-151
Number of pages	32
Journal	Environment and Behavior
Volume	56
Issue number	1-2
Early online date	18 Sept 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/00139165241274623
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 18 Sept 2024

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Dorward, L., Ibbett, H., Dwiyahreni, A. A., Kohi, E. M., Prayitno, K., Sankeni, S., Kaduma, J. F., Mawenya, R., Mchomvu, J., Sabiladiyni, H., Saputra, A. W., Supriatna, J., Trywidiarini, T., & St. John, F. A. V. (2024). Cross-cultural applications of the New Ecological Paradigm in protected area contexts. Environment and Behavior, 56(1-2), 120-151. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00139165241274623

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