Michael J. Manfredo

Abstract: This paper develops a conceptual framework for studying human values toward wildlife. A measurement instrument for assessing basic wildlife beliefs and wildlife value orientations concerning issues of enduring relevance to wildlife management and planning was developed using the domain sampling approach. Results of confirmatory factor analysis and reliability analysis indicate that a reliable and internally consistent measurement tool for evaluating basic wildlife beliefs and wildlife value orientations was developed. Structural equation analyses conducted using LISREL 8 indicated the value orientations predicted attitudes well and that attitudes largely acted as a mediator in the relationship between wildlife value orientations and behavioral intention. These results provide support for the hierarchical model of social cognition that forms the foundation of the conceptual framework for studying wildlife value orientations.

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TL;DR: Characterizations of stakeholder groups offer a framework that can be applied over time and across geographic scales to improve conservation planning efforts and inform broader thinking about the social aspects of wildlife conservation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the relationship between affluence, education, and urbanization, and found that increasing affluence and residential stability are associated with the proportion of individuals with traditional "materialist" values and a utilitarian orientation toward wildlife.

TL;DR: In this paper, a 19-state study on public attitudes toward wildlife in the western United States was conducted using a mail survey administered to residents in each state and data support a micro model that proposes values are oriented by two contrasting ideologies (domination versus mutualism) and that these different value orientations lead to different attitudes and behaviors toward wildlife.