Values, Gender, and Concern about Potentially Dangerous Wildlife

In this study, the authors investigated wildlife value orientations, gender, and concern about risks posed by a large, potentially dangerous predator—the mountain lion. A survey (58% response rate) was used to collect data from a random sample of adult residents (N = 2,469) in Colorado metropolitan...

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Published in:Environment and behavior 2002-03, Vol.34 (2), p.239-256
Main Authors: Zinn, Harry C., Pierce, Cynthia L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Human Relations
Attitudes
Colorado
Dangerous
Environment
Environmental Attitudes
Environmental Protection
Gender
Gender differences
Metropolitan Areas
Parents
Polls & surveys
Risk
Sex Differences
Studies
U.S.A
Urban areas
USA
Utilitarianism
Value Orientations
Value systems
Values
Wildcats
Wildlife
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Summary:In this study, the authors investigated wildlife value orientations, gender, and concern about risks posed by a large, potentially dangerous predator—the mountain lion. A survey (58% response rate) was used to collect data from a random sample of adult residents (N = 2,469) in Colorado metropolitan areas. Both gender and parental role predicted concern about being attacked. Women expressed greater concern than men, and participants with children living at home expressed greater concern than participants without children at home. Participants with utilitarian values were more likely than those with protectionist ones to accept destroying a lion in a residential area, and men were more likely than women to accept destroying it. Additional research is needed to understand why women perceived more risk from a mountain lion but were less willing to accept destroying it, as well as to understand the relationships among gender, parental role, and environmental risk concern.
ISSN:0013-9165
1552-390X
DOI:10.1177/0013916502034002005