The influence of social identity on attitudes toward wildlife

Wildlife conservation depends on supportive social as well as biophysical conditions. Social identities such as hunter and nonhunter are often associated with different attitudes toward wildlife. However, it is unknown whether dynamics within and among these identity groups explain how attitudes for...

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Published in:Conservation biology 2024-08, Vol.38 (4), p.e14243-n/a
Main Authors: Birdsong, Max H., Metcalf, Alexander L., Metcalf, Elizabeth Covelli, Nesbitt, Holly Kathleen, Gude, Justin A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Bears
cacería
carnívoros mayores
conflicto humano‐fauna
Dynamic structural analysis
endogrupo
especies amenazadas y en peligro
exogrupo
Fauna
Gran Ecosistema de Yellowstone (GEY)
Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE)
Grizzly bears
Group dynamics
Human-wildlife relations
human–wildlife conflict
hunting
in‐group out‐group
large carnivores
Nature conservation
perceived risk
Property damage
riesgo percibido
Social behavior
Social identity
Social interactions
threatened and endangered species
tolerance
tolerancia
Ursus arctos horribilis
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife management
人类与野生动物冲突
受威胁和濒危物种
大型食肉动物
大黄石生态系统
容忍度
感知风险
狩猎
群内群外
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Summary:Wildlife conservation depends on supportive social as well as biophysical conditions. Social identities such as hunter and nonhunter are often associated with different attitudes toward wildlife. However, it is unknown whether dynamics within and among these identity groups explain how attitudes form and why they differ. To investigate how social identities help shape wildlife‐related attitudes and the implications for wildlife policy and conservation, we built a structural equation model with survey data from Montana (USA) residents (n = 1758) that tested how social identities affect the relationship between experiences with grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) and attitudes toward the species. Model results (r2 = 0.51) demonstrated that the hunter identity magnified the negative effect of vicarious property damage on attitudes toward grizzly bears (β = −0.381, 95% confidence interval [CI]: −0.584 to −0.178, p 
ISSN:0888-8892
1523-1739
1523-1739
DOI:10.1111/cobi.14243