Ring, Aidan (2022) Upstream solutions: Factors moderating the relationship between place attachment and place-protective in the valley of the River Boyne in Ireland. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Place attachment, an affective, cognitive and functional bond a person feels with a meaningful place, is known to be particularly strong if that place is natural (uninfluenced by human development). In modernity, such natural places are often threatened by human-made threats like construction and pollution. Even still, there is a lack of research exploring what motivates local people to protect natural places, to which they are place-attached, from human-made risks. This thesis aims to clarify the relationship between place attachment and place-protective action, both past and future, in relation to a natural place currently threatened by a human-made risk and to explore the influence of risk perception and perceived efficacy on this relationship. The sample (N = 199) consisted of group members of various social media pages associated with the local area and the risk in question. A moderated regression analysis indicated that place attachment, risk perception and perceived efficacy were all associated with future-intended place-protective action but no interaction effects were observed for future-intended action. However, place attachment, perceived efficacy and their interaction were all associated with past action while, interestingly, risk perception was not. Implications and future directions are discussed.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Downer, T.J. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Environmental Psychology (EP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Feb 2022 12:46 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Feb 2022 12:46 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/160 |
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