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

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dc.contributor.authorTiago, Patrícia
dc.contributor.authorGouveia, Maria João
dc.contributor.authorCapinha, César
dc.contributor.authorSantos-Reis, Margarida
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Henrique M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-01T14:30:47Z
dc.date.available2019-03-01T14:30:47Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractCitizen 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/Enjoy-ment 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.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia - FCTpt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationNature Conservation, 18, 61-78 Doi: 10.3897/natureconservation.18.13429pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3897/natureconservation.18.13429pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn13143301
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/6937
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherPensoft Publisherspt_PT
dc.relationIMPROVING CITIZEN SCIENCE OBSERVATIONS FOR GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY MONITORING
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectCitizen sciencept_PT
dc.subjectSelf determination theorypt_PT
dc.subjectIntrinsic motivationpt_PT
dc.titleThe influence of motivational factors on the frequency of participation in citizen science activitiespt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleIMPROVING CITIZEN SCIENCE OBSERVATIONS FOR GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY MONITORING
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceBulgariapt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage78pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage61pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleNature Conservationpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume18pt_PT
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