Attitude and willingness of biodiversity conservation in Chinese university students: Associated factors and the mediation of social support.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Public Library of Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101285081 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1932-6203 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 19326203 NLM ISO Abbreviation: PLoS One Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science
    • Subject Terms:
      Students*/psychology ; Biodiversity* ; Social Support* ; Conservation of Natural Resources* ; Attitude*; Humans ; Male ; Female ; Universities ; China ; Young Adult ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Adult ; Adolescent ; Surveys and Questionnaires
    • Abstract:
      In this cross-sectional study of 1475 Chinese university students, we explored associated factors of attitude and willingness of biodiversity conservation, analyzed the hypothesized mediation by social support in the association between attitude and willingness of biodiversity conservation. Multivariate logistic regression model revealed that major and social support were prominently related to both attitude and willingness of biodiversity conservation. Besides, path model identified a statistically significant mediation by social support, sex, race, and family residence presented noticeable effect modification on the mediation of social support. These major findings suggest that intervention measures which aiming at enhancing social support could be considered for elevating attitude and willingness of biodiversity conservation among Chinese university students.
      Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
      (Copyright: © 2024 Zhang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
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    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20240719 Date Completed: 20240719 Latest Revision: 20240721
    • Publication Date:
      20240721
    • Accession Number:
      PMC11259281
    • Accession Number:
      10.1371/journal.pone.0307510
    • Accession Number:
      39028726