Tolerance of Frogs among High School Students: Influences of Disgust and Culture

Autor/inn/en	Prokop, Pavol; Medina-Jerez, William; Coleman, Joy; Fancovicová, Jana; Özel, Murat; Fedor, Peter
Titel	Tolerance of Frogs among High School Students: Influences of Disgust and Culture
Quelle	In: EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 12 (2016) 6, S.1499-1505 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-8223
DOI	10.12973/eurasia.2016.1241a
Schlagwörter	Cross Cultural Studies; Animals; Science Instruction; Psychological Patterns; Correlation; Gender Differences; Emotional Response; Foreign Countries; High School Students; Ecology; Conservation (Environment); Negative Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Student Surveys; Statistical Analysis; Cultural Differences; Multiple Regression Analysis; Chile; Slovakia; South Africa; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Korrelation; Geschlechterkonflikt; Emotionales Verhalten; Ausland; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Ökologie; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Negative Fixierung; Schülerverhalten; Schülerbefragung; Statistische Analyse; Kultureller Unterschied; Slowakei; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik; Türkei
Abstract	Amphibians play an important role in the functioning of ecosystems and some of them inhabit human gardens where they can successfully reproduce. The decline of amphibian diversity worldwide suggests that people may play a crucial role in their survival. We conducted a cross-cultural study on high school students' tolerance of frogs in Chile, Slovakia, South Africa and Turkey (n = 655 high school students). We found that about 6% of students reported active killing of frogs and 30% reported moving frogs away from their home gardens. Pathogen disgust negatively correlated with frog tolerance suggesting that people who are more sensitive to pathogen connoting cues are less tolerant toward frogs. Tolerance of frogs in parents or other family members appears to significantly influence student tolerance of frogs. Females tended to show higher tolerance of frogs than males. This study highlights the importance of the emotion of disgust in human willingness to protect frogs from a cross-cultural perspective. (As Provided).
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