Locus of control and attitudes toward large carnivores |
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Authors: | Bjerke T Vittersø J Kaltenborn B P |
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Institution: | Lillehammer College, Norway. tore.bjerke@hil.no |
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Abstract: | It has been hypothesized tha the negative attitudes toward carnivores found among rural groups is only one element embedded in a larger sociopolitical complex of disputes over resource use and rural development. Negative attitudes may reflect a protest against increased control of land use by central political authorities. In a survey among sheep farmers, wildlife managers, and research biologists in Norway we found that the sheep farmers expressed an external locus of control, indicating a belief that external forces control events, relative to the two other groups. Among sheep farmers and research biologists a positive association was found between an external locus of control and negative attitudes toward large carnivores. |
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