Title
Psychological scales adaptation for conservation: Example of human-wildlife conflict for Komodo dragon conservation
Author(s)
Kamil, Puspita Insan; Susianto, Harry; Ardiantiono; Purwandana, Deni; Nasu, Sanggar Abdil; Jessop, Tim S.; Ciofi, Claudio; Ariefiandy, Achmad
Published
Preprint
Publisher
OSF Preprints
Abstract
Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) is one of common conservation problems where habitat fragmentation tends to increase the number of encounters between wild animals and humans. A number of studies have considered psychological measurements to assess social factors affected by or related to HWS. However, a limitation of most studies lies in the absence of a validation procedure to ensure that survey methods are not culturally biased. In this study, we used a crosscultural adaptation of psychological scales to conduct HWC assessment in the context of humanKomodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) conflicts in North Flores, Indonesia. The adaptation process involved vetting, modification and translation of four scales based on the Theory of Planned Behavior, Comfortable Interpersonal Distances, Attitudes toward Animals and Emotional Pictorial Scales. From this study, it is indicated that the adaptation process we used was successful thanks to a consistent correlation among the first three measurements. We therefore advocate our approach for a more accurate measuring of human attitudes and perception towards wild animals.
Keywords
Conservation psychology; attitudes; scale adaptation; human-wildlife coexistence; retaliatory killing
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