TY - JOUR
T1 - Cross-Cultural Applications of the New Ecological Paradigm in Protected Area Contexts
AU - Dorward, Leejiah
AU - Ibbett, Harriet
AU - Dwiyahreni, Asri A.
AU - Kohi, Edward
AU - Prayitno, Karlina
AU - Sankeni, Stephen
AU - Kaduma, Joseph
AU - Mawenya, Rose
AU - Mchomvu, Jesca
AU - Sabiladiyni, Humairah
AU - Wijaya Saputra, Andie
AU - Supriatna, Jatna
AU - Trywidiarini, Tyassanti
AU - St John, Freya A.V.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - conservation
KW - Indonesia
KW - new ecological paradigm
KW - pro-environmental beliefs
KW - protected areas
KW - psychometric scales
KW - Tanzania
KW - WEIRD contexts
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85205365528&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/00139165241274623
DO - 10.1177/00139165241274623
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85205365528
SN - 0013-9165
VL - 56
SP - 120
EP - 151
JO - Environment and Behavior
JF - Environment and Behavior
IS - 1-2
ER -