The influence of motivational factors on the frequency of participation in citizen science activities

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Autor(a) principal: Tiago, Patrícia
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Gouveia, Maria João Pinheiro Morais, Capinha, César, Reis, Margarida Santos, Pereira, Henrique Marques
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/6528
Resumo: Pode ser encontrado material suplementar em https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.18.13429.suppl1
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spelling The influence of motivational factors on the frequency of participation in citizen science activitiesCitizen scienceSelf determination theoryIntrinsic motivationPode ser encontrado material suplementar em https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.18.13429.suppl1Citizen science has become a mainstream approach to collect information and data on many different scientific subjects. In this study, we assess the effectiveness of engagement and meaningful experience of participants in citizen science projects. We use motivational measures calculated from a web survey where respondents answered questions regarding to their motivation to participate in BioDiversity4All, a Portuguese citizen science project. We adapted the intrinsic motivation inventory (IMI) and considered seven categories of measurement: Interest/Enjoyment, Perceived Competence, Effort/Importance, Perceived Choice, Value/Usefulness, Project Relatedness, and Group Relatedness each of them with statements rated on a seven-point Likert scale. We received 149 survey responses, corresponding to 10.3 % of BioDiversity- 4All Newsletter’s receivers. We analyzed for possible differences among the categories pertaining to gender, age, level of education and level of participation in the project. Finally, we assessed the different patterns of motivation existing among the users. No statistical differences were found between genders, age classes and levels of education for the averages in any category of analysis. However, IMI categories presented different results for respondents with different levels of participation. The highest value of Interest/Enjoyment and Perceived Competence was obtained by the group of respondents that participate a lot and the lowest by the ones that never participated. Project Relatedness had the highest value for all groups except for the group that never participated. This group had completely different motivations from the other groups, showing the lowest levels in categories such as Perceived Competence, Value/Usefulness, Project Relatedness and Group Relatedness. In conclusion, the results from our work show that working deeply on people’s involvement is fundamental to increase and maintain their participation on citizen science projects. If, for initial recruitment and in countries with low participation culture, mechanisms of external motivation may be necessary, to guarantee higher levels of long term participation, citizen science projects should foster intrinsic motivations which can be done by incorporating in project design experiences of relatedness, capacity building, positive feedback and adapted participation modes.FCT/MCTESPensoft PublishersRepositório do ISPATiago, PatríciaGouveia, Maria João Pinheiro MoraisCapinha, CésarReis, Margarida SantosPereira, Henrique Marques2018-07-20T15:09:24Z2017-01-01T00:00:00Z2017-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/6528engNature Conservation, 18, 61-78. doi: 10.3897/natureconservation.18.134291314-330110.3897/natureconservation.18.13429info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2022-09-05T16:42:15Zoai:repositorio.ispa.pt:10400.12/6528Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T15:24:22.420859Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The influence of motivational factors on the frequency of participation in citizen science activities
title The influence of motivational factors on the frequency of participation in citizen science activities
spellingShingle The influence of motivational factors on the frequency of participation in citizen science activities
Tiago, Patrícia
Citizen science
Self determination theory
Intrinsic motivation
title_short The influence of motivational factors on the frequency of participation in citizen science activities
title_full The influence of motivational factors on the frequency of participation in citizen science activities
title_fullStr The influence of motivational factors on the frequency of participation in citizen science activities
title_full_unstemmed The influence of motivational factors on the frequency of participation in citizen science activities
title_sort The influence of motivational factors on the frequency of participation in citizen science activities
author Tiago, Patrícia
author_facet Tiago, Patrícia
Gouveia, Maria João Pinheiro Morais
Capinha, César
Reis, Margarida Santos
Pereira, Henrique Marques
author_role author
author2 Gouveia, Maria João Pinheiro Morais
Capinha, César
Reis, Margarida Santos
Pereira, Henrique Marques
author2_role author
author
author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório do ISPA
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Tiago, Patrícia
Gouveia, Maria João Pinheiro Morais
Capinha, César
Reis, Margarida Santos
Pereira, Henrique Marques
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Citizen science
Self determination theory
Intrinsic motivation
topic Citizen science
Self determination theory
Intrinsic motivation
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