Understanding Self-Determined Motivation to contribute to wildlife health surveillance
Waldo, Åsa LU and Johansson, Maria LU
(2023)
ICEP 2023 International Conference on Environmental Psychology Aarhus, Denmark, 2023
- Abstract
- To preserve biodiversity and to maintain healthy wildlife populations, the Swedish National Veterinary Institute (SVA) supervises wildlife health in a disease surveillance program. The program is a form of citizen science, dependent on the public reporting and submitting carcasses and samples from the field for analysis. It is a fact that people voluntarily, collect, store (often in a private freezer), and post or deliver dead animals to SVA. The aim of this study is to understand what motivates them to perform this pro-environmental behaviour, and to identify perceived obstacles. Starting from Self-Determination Theory qualitative methodology was used to gather information about how individuals describe and make sense of what motivates... (More)
- To preserve biodiversity and to maintain healthy wildlife populations, the Swedish National Veterinary Institute (SVA) supervises wildlife health in a disease surveillance program. The program is a form of citizen science, dependent on the public reporting and submitting carcasses and samples from the field for analysis. It is a fact that people voluntarily, collect, store (often in a private freezer), and post or deliver dead animals to SVA. The aim of this study is to understand what motivates them to perform this pro-environmental behaviour, and to identify perceived obstacles. Starting from Self-Determination Theory qualitative methodology was used to gather information about how individuals describe and make sense of what motivates their actions. Six focus group interviews were conducted with a variety of participants, including recreational hunters, professional hunters, wildlife rehabilitators, birdfeeders, and people with unknown interests. Interviews were transcribed and analysed using reflexive thematic analysis in order to understand the meaning people attach to their behaviour. Preliminary results reveal strong intrinsic motivation for engagement in the task expressed as solid enjoyment and appreciation of the nature and wild animals, as well as interest, curiosity and eagerness to learn about wildlife diseases and the condition of the submitted animal. (Less)
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- Waldo, Åsa
LU
and Johansson, Maria
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023-06-22
- type
- Contribution to conference
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Motivation, Participation, Wildlife
- conference name
- ICEP 2023 International Conference on Environmental Psychology Aarhus, Denmark, 2023
- conference location
- Aarhus, Denmark
- conference dates
- 2023-06-20 - 2023-06-23
- language
- English
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- yes
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abstract = {{To preserve biodiversity and to maintain healthy wildlife populations, the Swedish National Veterinary Institute (SVA) supervises wildlife health in a disease surveillance program. The program is a form of citizen science, dependent on the public reporting and submitting carcasses and samples from the field for analysis. It is a fact that people voluntarily, collect, store (often in a private freezer), and post or deliver dead animals to SVA. The aim of this study is to understand what motivates them to perform this pro-environmental behaviour, and to identify perceived obstacles. Starting from Self-Determination Theory qualitative methodology was used to gather information about how individuals describe and make sense of what motivates their actions. Six focus group interviews were conducted with a variety of participants, including recreational hunters, professional hunters, wildlife rehabilitators, birdfeeders, and people with unknown interests. Interviews were transcribed and analysed using reflexive thematic analysis in order to understand the meaning people attach to their behaviour. Preliminary results reveal strong intrinsic motivation for engagement in the task expressed as solid enjoyment and appreciation of the nature and wild animals, as well as interest, curiosity and eagerness to learn about wildlife diseases and the condition of the submitted animal.}},
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title = {{Understanding Self-Determined Motivation to contribute to wildlife health surveillance}},
year = {{2023}},
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