在最近的保护研究中使用人类行动理论
Harold N Eyster1,2, Rachelle K Gould1,3, Kai M A Chan4
1Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA.
概括
保护研究往往不充分利用社会科学理论的人类行为. 扩大理论使用范围可以通过更好地理解和指导人类行为来加强环境保护工作.
科学领域:
- 保护科学 保护科学
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
- 人类行为研究 人类行为研究
背景情况:
- 社会科学通过重新定位人类行动,对环境保护至关重要.
- 将社会科学方法和理论应用于保护挑战是成功的关键.
- 了解人类行动理论是实现积极社会和环境成果的关键.
研究的目的:
- 调查社会科学理论的人类行为在保护研究的普遍性.
- 评估保护研究是否利用社会科学中可用的全方位的人类行动理论.
- 在保护出版物中分析人类行动理论和潜在的元理论的明确使用.
主要方法:
- 在2023年发表在领先的保护期刊 (保护生物学,保护信件,生物保护) 中的同行评审文章的系统分析.
- 对地理范围,社会科学参与,对人类行动的调查以及对人类行动理论和元理论的明确使用的评估论文.
- 统计了533篇论文,以确定社会科学的整合程度和使用的理论框架.
主要成果:
- 分析的保护论文中有32%包含社会科学.
- 64%的社会科学论文研究了人类行为,只有27%的论文明确使用了人类行为理论.
- 计划行为理论和独立自我元理论是最常用的理论,表明理论多样性有限.
结论:
- 在保护研究中使用的人类行动理论的有限多样性可能会阻碍建立在之前的工作和探索新应用的基础上.
- 扩大人类行动理论在保护中的应用,需要改变研究态度,教育,同行评审和跨学科合作.
- 整合更广泛的社会科学理论可以显著提高保护科学的能力,以指导有效的人类行动,以保护环境.
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