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

verfasst von

Hannah Greving, Till Bruckermann, Anke Schumann, Milena Stillfried, Konstantin Börner, Robert Hagen, Sophia Kimmig, Miriam Brandt, Joachim Kimmerle

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.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft

Externe Organisation(en)

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)

Typ

Artikel

Journal

BioScience

Band

73

Seiten

206–219

Anzahl der Seiten

14

ISSN

0006-3568

Publikationsdatum

03.2023

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Allgemeine Agrar- und Biowissenschaften

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad003 (Zugang: Offen)