scholarly journals How to Motivate Individuals to Take Responsible Ocean Action: the Mediate Effect of Attitude Towards the Ocean

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guang-Ying Liu ◽  
Yi-Chen Lin ◽  
Ting-Kuang Yeh
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Marine Policy ◽  
Mediate Effect ◽  
Responsible Behavior ◽  
Behavior Based ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Development Of Behavior

Abstract When considering how to improve public literacy and behavior related to specific themes, top priority is usually given to strategies to enhance knowledge and understanding. However, recent evidence has shown that attitude could be an important factor in the development of behavior. The aim of this study is to explore the relationships among ocean knowledge, attitude towards the ocean, and intention to take responsible behavior in the marine setting. After recruiting a total of 266 volunteers, participants’ ocean knowledge, their attitudes towards the ocean, and their intention to behave responsibly were evaluated using questionnaires. The results indicate that attitude may be more important than knowledge in terms of the effect on intention, and a person’s attitude towards the ocean may indeed be the full mediator between ocean knowledge and their intention to show responsible marine behavior. Based on these results, the development of marine policy and public education should consider the importance of attitude in achieving the primary aim, of ensuring that people engage in responsible ocean behavior. At the same time, it is noted that appropriate knowledge provides people with insights that may determine the correctness of their behavior.

Temporal Focus

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbie J. Shipp
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
The Future ◽  
Behavior Based ◽  
The Individual ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Temporal Focus

Temporal focus is the individual tendency to characteristically think more or less about the past, present, and future. Although originally rooted in early work from psychology, research on temporal focus has been steadily growing in a number of research areas, particularly since Zimbardo and Boyd’s (1999) influential article on the topic. This chapter will review temporal focus research from the past to the present, including how temporal focus has been conceptualized and measured, and which correlates and outcomes have been tested in terms of well-being and behavior. Based on this review, an agenda for research is created to direct temporal focus research in the future.

Outcome-Based and Behavior-Based Coordination Efforts in Channel Relationships

1996 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirti Sawhney Celly ◽  
Gary L. Frazier
Keyword(s):  
Channel Relationships ◽  
Behavior Based ◽  
And Behavior

scholarly journals Solar Eclipses and Public Education

1998 ◽  
Vol 162 ◽  
pp. 202-204
Author(s):  
J. M. Pasachoff
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Public Education ◽  
General Public ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Correct Information ◽  
National University ◽  
Solar Eclipses ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The University

Solar eclipses draw the attention of the general public to celestial events in the countries from which they are visible, and broad public education programs are necessary to promote safe observations. Most recently, a subcommittee of IAU Commission 46 composed of Julieta Fierro (from the National University of Mexico), the Canadian professor of optometry Ralph Chou (from the University of Waterloo) and me provided information about safe observations of the 24 October 1995 eclipse to people in Pakistan, India, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Guam. An important point is that there are advantages to seeing eclipses, including inspiration to students, and that people must always be given correct information. If scare techniques are used to warn people off eclipses, when it is later found out that the eclipse was not dangerous and, indeed, was spectacular, these students and other individuals will not trust warnings for truly hazardous activities like smoking, drugs, and behavior that puts one at risk for AIDS.

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