干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Development and validation of a photo-based attitudes scale towards the conservation of semi-arid habitats

Arid

DOI	10.1007/s10531-023-02729-1
	Development and validation of a photo-based attitudes scale towards the conservation of semi-arid habitats
	Lopez-de-Haro, Francisco; Martinez-Chico, Maria; Martinez-Hernandez, Fabian; Lopez-Tomas, Javier; Mota, Juan Francisco
通讯作者	Martínez-Hernández, F
来源期刊	BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
ISSN	0960-3115
EISSN	1572-9710
出版年	2023
卷号	32 期号:14 页码:4805-4829
英文摘要	The biodiversity crisis is one of the most pressing problems of our time. Arid and semi-arid environments are the refuge of a very important part of global biodiversity, they provide essential ecosystem services and are extremely fragile, which makes their protection necessary. However, these habitats are often undervalued and even generate rejection among the population, which creates problems for their conservation. This all entails the need to implement educational and awareness strategies in regard to this issue. To this end, a project was undertaken with secondary school students in the southeast of Spain, the driest territory in Europe. In this work we focus on the development and validation of an instrument designed to assess the effectiveness of instruction carried out to improve attitudes towards drylands. It is a photo-based scale, an innovative instrument that poses a Likert-type questionnaire referring to each one of the habitats under consideration, whose development involved 490 participants. The standardization criteria established for selecting the photos and the criteria or attributes on which the wordings of the questionnaire items were to be based comprised two of the basic pillars of this methodological proposal. Its psychometric properties support its validity and reliability to a sufficient degree for use in educational research projects with students aged 13 to 15 in these types of semi-arid habitats. However, indications are provided showing that the scale could be applied to other ages and habitats, even on an international scale, given the extent of arid zones around the world.
英文关键词	Biodiversity Environmental education Landscape South East Spain Secondary school Drylands
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:001088153900004
WOS关键词	EXPLORATORY FACTOR-ANALYSIS ; LANDSCAPE PREFERENCE ; TETRACLINIS-ARTICULATA ; SOCIAL PREFERENCES ; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE ; PROTECTED AREAS ; CLIMATIC-CHANGE ; VALIDITY ; BEHAVIOR ; BIODIVERSITY
WOS类目	Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/395543
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lopez-de-Haro, Francisco,Martinez-Chico, Maria,Martinez-Hernandez, Fabian,et al. Development and validation of a photo-based attitudes scale towards the conservation of semi-arid habitats[J],2023,32(14):4805-4829.
APA	Lopez-de-Haro, Francisco,Martinez-Chico, Maria,Martinez-Hernandez, Fabian,Lopez-Tomas, Javier,&Mota, Juan Francisco.(2023).Development and validation of a photo-based attitudes scale towards the conservation of semi-arid habitats.BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION,32(14),4805-4829.
MLA	Lopez-de-Haro, Francisco,et al."Development and validation of a photo-based attitudes scale towards the conservation of semi-arid habitats".BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION 32.14(2023):4805-4829.