Department of Zoology, University of Córdoba, Cordoba, Spain.
Life Sciences and Technologies Faculty, Lay University Eloy Alfaro de Manabí, Manta, Ecuador.
PLoS One. 2024 Aug 30;19(8):e0309812. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0309812. eCollection 2024.
Connectedness with nature is considered a key element for the future of conservation. There are both internal and external factors that determine the levels of connectedness with nature. Among these factors are gender, age, knowledge about the environment and place of residence. In the latter case, there may be differences in how urban and rural dwellers perceive nature, based on their experiences and contact with it. The main objective of this research is to evaluate and establish the factors that influence and determine the levels of connection with nature, examining how these factors relate and interact with each other, taking the urban and rural context as starting point. The ABC-CNS scale, which addresses the affective, behavioural and cognitive aspects of the connection with nature, was applied via online questionnaire to a sample of university students from two countries, Spain (496 students) and Ecuador (872 students), who were also clustered according to career, age, gender, and place of residence. The results obtained through four General Linear Mixed Models (ABC-CNS and its dimensions as response variables) and LSD test, demonstrated that the ABC-CNS scale presented significant differences for all the variables analyzed (place of residence, gender, age, and career), also demonstrating which levels influence and interact in higher ABC-CNS values. Finally, the study concludes that the analyzed factors contribute to the development of the connection with nature. In the case of place of residence, attention should be given to the specific settings of the environments under study.
与自然的联系被认为是保护未来的关键因素。有内部和外部因素决定了与自然的联系程度。这些因素包括性别、年龄、环境知识和居住地。在后一种情况下，城市和农村居民对自然的看法可能因他们的经验和与自然的接触而有所不同。本研究的主要目的是评估和确定影响和决定与自然联系程度的因素，研究这些因素如何相互关联和相互作用，以城市和农村环境为起点。ABC-CNS 量表涵盖了与自然联系的情感、行为和认知方面，通过在线问卷应用于来自两个国家的大学生样本，西班牙（496 名学生）和厄瓜多尔（872 名学生），并根据专业、年龄、性别和居住地进行了聚类。通过四个广义线性混合模型（ABC-CNS 及其维度作为因变量）和 LSD 检验获得的结果表明，ABC-CNS 量表在所有分析的变量（居住地、性别、年龄和专业）上均存在显著差异，还表明哪些水平会影响和相互作用，从而产生更高的 ABC-CNS 值。最后，该研究得出结论，分析的因素有助于与自然的联系的发展。在居住地方面，应注意研究环境的具体设置。
