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The applicability of wildlife value orientations scales to a Muslim student sample in Malaysia


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Zainal Abidin, Zulkhairi Azizi and Jacobs, Maarten H. (2016) The applicability of wildlife value orientations scales to a Muslim student sample in Malaysia. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 21 (6). pp. 555-566. ISSN 1087-1209; ESSN: 1533-158X

Abstract

This article addresses the applicability of quantitative wildlife value orientation scales in Muslim students in Malaysia. As Malaysian culture is deeply influenced by Islam ideology, this article presents a case for addressing the cross-cultural applicability of the scales. The current wildlife value orientation scales were reliable—all Cronbach’s alphas ≥ .65—and had predictive validity—8 to 14% of variance of acceptability of lethal control was explained. Yet, both reliability and predictive validity were of lesser magnitude than figures in previous Western studies. Especially the hunting beliefs scale did not reflect basic thinking about wildlife in our sample, and our data suggest two different hunting dimensions—consequences of hunting for wildlife and human opportunities for hunting. For future cross-cultural comparisons of wildlife value orientations, amendment of the scales to better reflect salient beliefs in non-Western nations is recommended.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Forestry
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2016.1199745
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Keywords: Attitudes; Basic beliefs; Cross-cultural; Ideology; Lethal control
Depositing User: Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited: 10 Dec 2015 02:25
Last Modified: 29 Mar 2018 07:41
Altmetrics: http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.1080/10871209.2016.1199745
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34271
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