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Motivating Individuals to Take Responsible Ocean Action: The Mediatory Effects of Attitude toward the Ocean
When considering how to improve public literacy and behavior related to specific themes, top priority is usually given to strategies that enhance relevant knowledge. Fostering attitude comes later. Understanding the mechanisms of behavior may help us develop better policy and educational strategies....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9916055/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36768042 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032676 |
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author | Liu, Guang-Ying Lin, Yi-Chen Yeh, Ting-Kuang |
author_facet | Liu, Guang-Ying Lin, Yi-Chen Yeh, Ting-Kuang |
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description | When considering how to improve public literacy and behavior related to specific themes, top priority is usually given to strategies that enhance relevant knowledge. Fostering attitude comes later. Understanding the mechanisms of behavior may help us develop better policy and educational strategies. However, how knowledge and attitude impact behavior is still under investigation. The aim of this study is to explore the relationships among ocean knowledge, attitude toward the ocean, and the intention to behave responsibly in the marine setting. Specifically, we investigated a potential mediation mechanism by recruiting a total of 266 participants, whose ocean knowledge, attitudes toward the ocean, and intention to behave responsibly were evaluated using questionnaires. The results indicate that a person’s attitude toward the ocean may indeed be a mediating factor between ocean knowledge and their intention to show positive marine behavior. In order to engage people in responsible ocean behavior, other forms of assistance from marine policy and education are recommended. Additionally, it would be of interest for future studies to investigate the effects of attitude and attitude-related knowledge in the development of ocean actions. |
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spelling | pubmed-99160552023-02-11 Motivating Individuals to Take Responsible Ocean Action: The Mediatory Effects of Attitude toward the Ocean Liu, Guang-Ying Lin, Yi-Chen Yeh, Ting-Kuang Int J Environ Res Public Health Article When considering how to improve public literacy and behavior related to specific themes, top priority is usually given to strategies that enhance relevant knowledge. Fostering attitude comes later. Understanding the mechanisms of behavior may help us develop better policy and educational strategies. However, how knowledge and attitude impact behavior is still under investigation. The aim of this study is to explore the relationships among ocean knowledge, attitude toward the ocean, and the intention to behave responsibly in the marine setting. Specifically, we investigated a potential mediation mechanism by recruiting a total of 266 participants, whose ocean knowledge, attitudes toward the ocean, and intention to behave responsibly were evaluated using questionnaires. The results indicate that a person’s attitude toward the ocean may indeed be a mediating factor between ocean knowledge and their intention to show positive marine behavior. In order to engage people in responsible ocean behavior, other forms of assistance from marine policy and education are recommended. Additionally, it would be of interest for future studies to investigate the effects of attitude and attitude-related knowledge in the development of ocean actions. MDPI 2023-02-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9916055/ /pubmed/36768042 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032676 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Liu, Guang-Ying Lin, Yi-Chen Yeh, Ting-Kuang Motivating Individuals to Take Responsible Ocean Action: The Mediatory Effects of Attitude toward the Ocean |
title | Motivating Individuals to Take Responsible Ocean Action: The Mediatory Effects of Attitude toward the Ocean |
title_full | Motivating Individuals to Take Responsible Ocean Action: The Mediatory Effects of Attitude toward the Ocean |
title_fullStr | Motivating Individuals to Take Responsible Ocean Action: The Mediatory Effects of Attitude toward the Ocean |
title_full_unstemmed | Motivating Individuals to Take Responsible Ocean Action: The Mediatory Effects of Attitude toward the Ocean |
title_short | Motivating Individuals to Take Responsible Ocean Action: The Mediatory Effects of Attitude toward the Ocean |
title_sort | motivating individuals to take responsible ocean action: the mediatory effects of attitude toward the ocean |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9916055/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36768042 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032676 |
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