Attitudes toward Engagement in Citizen Science Increase Self-Related, Ecology-Related, and Motivation-Related Outcomes in an Urban Wildlife Project

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  • IPN - Leibniz-Institut für die Pädagogik der Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik
  • Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
  • Leibniz-Institut für Zoo- u Wildtierforschung (IZW)
  • Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (IWM)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)206–219
Seitenumfang14
FachzeitschriftBioScience
Jahrgang73
Ausgabenummer3
Frühes Online-Datum17 März 2023
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - März 2023

Abstract

Citizen science projects are crucial for engaging citizens in conservation efforts. Although attitudes toward engagement in citizen science were mostly considered an outcome of citizen science participation, citizens may also have a certain attitude toward engagement in citizen science when starting with a citizen science project. Moreover, there is a lack of citizen science studies that consider changes over longer periods of time. Therefore, in this research, we present two-wave data from four field studies of a citizen science project about urban wildlife ecology using cross-lagged panel analyses. We investigated the influence of attitudes toward engagement in citizen science on self-related, ecology-related, and motivation-related outcomes. We found that positive attitudes toward engagement in citizen science at the beginning of the project had positive influences on the participants’ psychological ownership and pride in their participation, their attitudes toward and enthusiasm about wildlife, and their internal and external motivation 2 months later. We discuss the implications for citizen science research and practice.

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Attitudes toward Engagement in Citizen Science Increase Self-Related, Ecology-Related, and Motivation-Related Outcomes in an Urban Wildlife Project. / Greving, Hannah; Bruckermann, Till; Schumann, Anke et al.
in: BioScience, Jahrgang 73, Nr. 3, 03.2023, S. 206–219.

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Greving H, Bruckermann T, Schumann A, Stillfried M, Börner K, Hagen R et al. Attitudes toward Engagement in Citizen Science Increase Self-Related, Ecology-Related, and Motivation-Related Outcomes in an Urban Wildlife Project. BioScience. 2023 Mär;73(3):206–219. Epub 2023 Mär 17. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biad003
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