Table 2 Univariate statistics and reliability (Cronbach's alpha) of scales used
Scale/items | Reptiles | Amphibians | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Min. | Max. | Alpha | Mean | SD | Min. | Max. | Alpha | |
Folklore | 4.56 | 1.82 | 0 | 10 | 0.67 | 3.84 | .73 | 0 | 10 | 0.62 |
are dangerous animals | 3.85 | 1.70 | 0 | 10 | 2.21 | 2.34 | 0 | 10 | ||
are useful animalsa | 7.25 | 2.91 | 0 | 10 | 6.71 | 3.26 | 0 | 10 | ||
are poisonous | 3.96 | 2.36 | 0 | 10 | 2.67 | 2.88 | 0 | 10 | ||
are fatal to human beings | 5.10 | 7.82 | 0 | 10 | 5.12 | 3.86 | 0 | 10 | ||
are completely inoffensivea | 5.30 | 2.50 | 0 | 10 | 5.89 | 3.33 | 0 | 10 | ||
usually attack humans | 2.71 | 2.23 | 0 | 10 | 1.22 | 1.87 | 0 | 10 | ||
usually ignore humansa | 5.88 | 2.99 | 0 | 10 | 4.54 | 4.27 | 0 | 10 | ||
usually flee from humansa | 3.85 | 2.58 | 0 | 10 | 3.43 | 3.25 | 0 | 10 | ||
are important to the ecosystema | 3.14 | 3.82 | 0 | 10 | 2.74 | 3.37 | 0 | 10 | ||
Negative values | 4.63 | 2.06 | 0 | 10 | 0.73 | 3.37 | 0.69 | 0 | 10 | 0.71 |
I like the animala | 7.62 | 2.30 | 0 | 10 | 7.23 | 3.32 | 0 | 10 | ||
I find the animal ugly | 5.53 | 3.65 | 0 | 10 | 5.11 | 3.65 | 0 | 10 | ||
I don't go near places where the animal is | 4.78 | 3.29 | 0 | 10 | 3.42 | 3.45 | 0 | 10 | ||
The way the animal moves gives me the creeps | 3.63 | 3.82 | 0 | 10 | 2.36 | 3.12 | 0 | 10 | ||
I don't like the noises that the animal makes | 2.14 | 3.05 | 0 | 10 | 2.00 | 3.20 | 0 | 10 | ||
I fear the animal | 4.39 | 7.88 | 0 | 10 | 2.14 | 2.97 | 0 | 10 | ||
I'm sick of the animal | 4.43 | 3.21 | 0 | 10 | 4.09 | 4.30 | 0 | 10 | ||
The animal gives me nightmares | .98 | 2.16 | 0 | 10 | .61 | 1.87 | 0 | 10 | ||
I don't mind if the animal lives in my house/propertya | 7.27 | 3.21 | 0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | ||
I think that the presence of the animal gives value to the surrounding environmenta | 5.54 | 3.72 | 0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | ||
Persecution/anti-conservation | 3.79 | 1.13 | 0 | 10 | 0.67 | 2.41 | .79 | 0 | 10 | 0.67 |
When I find one of these animals, I usually kill it or ask someone to kill it | 2.98 | 3.29 | 0 | 10 | 1.91 | 3.01 | 0 | 10 | ||
If there was a population of these animals in my property I would take measures to eliminate it | 4.69 | 3.69 | 0 | 10 | 3.32 | 3.66 | 0 | 10 | ||
I think there should be a greater concern for the preservation of these animalsa | 4.84 | 3.44 | 0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | ||
I think that these animals should be exterminated | 2.66 | 3.47 | 0 | 10 | 2.01 | 3.03 | 0 | 10 | ||