Anthrozoös, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 20
Published: April 22, 2025
Language: Английский
Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 11
Published: June 24, 2020
Animals have always been important for human life due to the ecological, cultural and economic functions that they represent. This has allowed building several kinds of relationships promoted different emotions in societies. The objective this review was identify main humans show towards wildlife species impact such on animal populations’ management. We reviewed academic databases previous studies topic worldwide. An analysis factors causing them is described here. identified a controversy about these emotions. Large predators as wolves, coyotes, bears, big felids, well reptiles snakes geckos promote mainly anger, fear, disgust. likely perceptions, beliefs experiences societies historically built around them. However, some social groups animals happiness their values people. Likewise, sadness an emotion expressed threatening situations are facing nowadays. Furthermore, we associated conservation status study with discuss relevance emerging strategies, particularly focused endangered promoting ambiguous groups.
Language: Английский
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Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 38(6), P. 512 - 520
Published: Jan. 25, 2023
People can express irrational fears and disgust responses towards certain wild organisms. This so-called 'biophobia' be useful indeed necessary in some circumstances. Biophobia can, however, also lead to excessive distress anxiety which, turn, result people avoiding interactions with nature. Here, we highlight concern that this reduction nature might progressive increases biophobia, entrenching it more individuals across society. We propose the 'vicious cycle of biophobia', a concept encapsulates how aversion emerge grow The vicious biophobia risks accelerating extinction experience, leading long-term adverse consequences for conservation biodiversity.
Language: Английский
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The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 777, P. 146229 - 146229
Published: March 7, 2021
Language: Английский
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People and Nature, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 4(5), P. 1126 - 1140
Published: July 20, 2022
Abstract The human health benefits of direct sensory interactions with nature (hereafter human–nature interactions) are increasingly recognised. However, these can also have various negative and well‐being impacts on people, some which may be severe. Compared to positive ones, there has been relatively little investigation such beyond the medical literature, what done is widely scattered across disciplines. Here, we provide an overview typology, characteristics dynamics suggest management implications future research directions. We highlight breadth forms that occur, evidence incidences recently grown rapidly in many parts world. Our review suggests more intense sometimes occur simultaneously or sequentially trade‐offs between two. Such serious importance focusing public policy improving understanding interactions, taking a balanced view costs experiences, developing appropriate mitigation strategies. Read free Plain Language Summary for this article Journal blog.
Language: Английский
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People and Nature, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 4(3), P. 669 - 682
Published: Feb. 23, 2022
Abstract Worldwide, urbanization has created completely novel environments, which bring many conveniences but carry several drawbacks too. One of the most important disadvantages is that people living in cities lose contact with nature including interaction animals. Current evidence shows countries lower levels also have a prevalence animal fears and phobias. Here, we sought to test whether relatedness (NR) residence size serve as protective factors common phobias (i.e. snakes spiders). We used NR Scale measure individuals' subjective connection nature. Participants ( N = 1,071, aged 18–65 years) were asked complete Snake Spider Questionnaire (SNAQ SPQ, respectively) rate pictures spiders according valence, arousal dominance. To explore complex relationships between various explanatory response variables, employed generalized linear model, redundancy analysis structural equation modelling. Results show snake spider fear strongly associated total score. scoring higher on SNAQ SPQ evaluate images more negatively, are aroused by stimuli feel less dominant over them. Moreover, subjects or scored scale, especially its two subscales, Experience Perspective. demonstrate connected nature, they affected believe this study presents an implication for both conservationist endeavours therapeutic interventions. Read free Plain Language Summary article Journal blog.
Language: Английский
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People and Nature, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(3), P. 1001 - 1014
Published: Jan. 16, 2024
Abstract Insecticides are commonly used to control insects and other arthropods in homes (hereafter collectively referred as ‘insects’). Although aversion might encourage the use of insecticides, it is unclear whether such feelings truly influence decision insecticides. We investigated connection between disgust towards household Our aim was uncover unexplored emotional drivers insecticide use, order provide insights that help develop new programmes reduce exposure conducted an online survey ( n = 2500) focussed on six species found (cockroaches, ants, spiders, mosquitoes, flies centipedes). Respondents rated their level these reported various beliefs practices related insect control. Approximately 70% respondents expressed strong (ratings 6 or 7 a scale 1–7). More than half (53.3%) using aerosol insecticides months prior survey. Path analyses highlighted several factors influenced including infestation level, intensity, lack knowledge about chemicals. However, observed effect sizes were modest, particularly regarding which somewhat constrains our study's contribution understanding motivators driving use. explain how findings potentially reflect critical methodological limitation standard methods for measuring biophobia (fear nature) research. This originates from fact highly aversive animals often provoke extreme reactions most participants, resulting very low data variation hinders analysis. address this concern context propose potential solutions could pave way future research attitudes affect individuals, society, relationships people nature. Read free Plain Language Summary article Journal blog.
Language: Английский
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Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(1)
Published: March 7, 2024
Abstract Throughout human evolutionary history, snakes have been associated with danger and threat. Research has shown that are prioritized by our attentional system, despite many of us rarely encountering them in daily lives. We conducted two high-powered, pre-registered experiments (total N = 224) manipulating target prevalence to understand this heightened prioritization threatening targets. Target refers the proportion trials wherein a is presented; reductions consistently reduce likelihood targets will be found. reasoned snake visual search should experience weaker effects low compared non-threatening (rabbits) because they searchers appearing rarely. In both experiments, we found evidence classic but (contrasting prior work) also for was slower less accurate than nonthreatening This surprising result possibly due methodological issues common studies, including comparatively smaller sample sizes, fewer trials, tendency exclusively examine conditions relatively high prevalence. Our findings call into question accounts threat suggest attention may constrained narrow range circumstances.
Language: Английский
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Animals, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 9(5), P. 238 - 238
Published: May 14, 2019
Focusing on one group of animals can bring interesting results regarding our attitudes toward them and show the key features that evaluation such is based on. Thus, we designed a study human perception all reptiles focusing relationship between perceived fear, disgust, aesthetic preferences differences snakes other reptiles. Two sets containing 127 standardized photos were developed, with species per each subfamily. Respondents asked to rate according beauty seven-point Likert scale. Evaluation reptile shows people tend perceive as two clearly distinct groups their similar morphotype. In subset lizards, there was positive correlation fear while disgust both negatively correlated beauty. Surprisingly, revealed, i.e., most feared also be beautiful. Snakes represent reflected in theory attentional prioritization an evolutionary relevant threat.
Language: Английский
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People and Nature, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 6(3), P. 958 - 972
Published: July 10, 2023
Abstract Human relationships with nature may sometimes manifest through fear, disgust and other disease‐avoidance mechanisms. While there is an evolutionary utility to these so‐called ‘biophobias’, many people exhibit phobic responses towards organisms that pose no tangible threats, potentially leading excessive anxiety avoidance of interactions nature. Understanding the drivers prevalence spread biophobias in modern societies is, therefore, a growing concern. Here, we posit online information‐seeking patterns reveal general insights into biophobias. Using culturomics approach, gathered temporal (2004–2022) country‐level data on volume internet searches for 25 biophobias, as well phobias acting benchmark group. We explored trends search each modelled between five variables. observed steady increase 2004 2022. Yet, were marked differences individual trends, 17 showing positive, three negative stationary trends. Arachnophobia (fear spiders) attracted most interest, followed by mysophobia microbes) parasitophobia parasites). The United States, Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Mexico India recorded wide interest whereas 49% countries showed any biophobia. Search strongly associated percentage urban population, population growth number extant venomous species given country. Conversely, weakly correlated incidence disorders country's likelihood encounters animals. Our results provide quantitative support hypothesis are broadly prevalent possibly increasing result widespread urbanisation loss experiences suggest affected biophobic be using Internet key venue seek relevant information appraise their condition identify coping These findings have broad ramifications understanding mitigating human–wildlife conflicts sentiments societies.
Language: Английский
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People and Nature, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 6(3), P. 945 - 957
Published: July 3, 2023
Abstract Humans show strong preferences for large, “charismatic” animals. However, the ultimate reasons these innate remain unclear. In our research, we investigate affective components of human attitudes toward animals, as well willingness to pay (WTP) their conservation in a sample N = 549 Slovak people using an online questionnaire. From use structural equation modelling, discovered that particularly large animals trigger both biophobic (fear) and biophilic (admiration) emotions humans, result, have contrasting effects on WTP animal conservation. Both fear admiration were influenced by same triggered non‐animal objects. Beliefs magical power did not directly influence conservation, but was mediated Females showed greater than males, irrespectively size species. Therefore, believe responses from objects contemporary humans inherited mammalian ancestors, who targets predation prehistoric reptiles throughout significant part evolutionary history. Read free Plain Language Summary this article Journal blog.
Language: Английский
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