This document summarizes a study that examined the cultural identity, behavioral intentions, and conservation behavior of residents on the small Taiwanese island of Xiaoliuqiu. The study found that: 1) Cultural identity has a significant positive influence on residents' behavioral intentions; 2) Behavioral intentions have a significant positive influence on conservation behavior; 3) An evaluation framework was developed that could help relevant institutions and guide future research on similar topics. The study involved surveying 298 Xiaoliuqiu residents to understand the relationships between these factors.
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Research Paper Open Access
Cultural identity, behavioral intentions, and conservation
behavior of outlying island residents: Taking Xiaoliuqiu as a case
study
Ming-Kuei Chien
Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the Department of Leisure, Recreation and Tourism,
Tzu Hui Institute of Technology
ABSTRACT:The primary objective of this study was to explore the cultural identity, behavioral
intentions, and conservation behavior of outlying island residents. The study participants were Xiaoliuqiu
residents who were purposively sampled and completed a questionnaire survey. The collected data were
subjected to descriptive statistical analysis using SPSS 18.0 and confirmatory factor analysis using
LISREL 8.7, and the relationships between the research constructs were examined. Research results: 1.
cultural identity has a significant positive influence on behavioral intentions; 2. and behavioral intentions
have a significant positive influence on conservation behavior. The evaluation framework developed in
this study could be used as a reference by relevant institutions and in future research on related topics.
Keywords- Cultural identity, Behavioral intentions, Conservation behavior
I. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Research motivation and background
Located southwest off the coast of Pingtung County's Donggang Township, Liuqiu Island has a
coastline of about 12 km and is just a 30-minute boat ride away from Donggang Township. Commonly called
Xiaoliuqiu, the entire island is administered as a township under Pingtung County, Taiwan, and is entirely
located off the southwest of Taiwan's main island. With a land area of roughly 6.8 km2, it is the smallest
township in Pingtung County and one of Taiwan's offshore coral reef islands. The island benefits from abundant
tourism resources, is unaffected by the northeast monsoon, and is suitable for tourism all year round; while its
main industry was previously fishing, recent years have seen the emergence of a relatively developed tourism
industry on the island (Wikipedia, 2020). As Pingtung County's sole offshore island, Liuqiu Township is rich in
marine resources and cultural sights, and, having lived in relative isolation for many years, its residents have
formed a unique culture which differs from those found on Taiwan's main island (Huang, 2008). Cultural
identity has previously been considered something that is gradually formed by a collective group through the
process of continuous learning and searching for meaning. However, the frequent cultural exchanges and
interactions in today's pluralistic societies have inevitably reshaped traditional cultural value systems and
transformed cultural identity formation from a stable and collective process to one shaped by specific
interactions across multiple dimensions (Yu, 2004).
Baker and Cromton (2000) described behavioral intention as the tendency of an individual to exhibit
affirmative or negative behavior toward an attitude object. Likewise, Cheng (2019) framed behavioral intention
as the expectation and likelihood of an individual exhibiting a particular behavior while engaged in a specific
process in the future. That study revealed that participants’ cultural identities had a significant, positive, and
direct influence on their behavioral intentions, and a significant, positive, but indirect influence on their
conservation behavior.
Ecological conservation sometimes comes into conflict with human interests, hence it is necessary to
effectively and properly manage ethnic groups and promote harmonious coexistence between man and nature
(Wu, 1995). At present, the main problems facing efforts to conserve natural ecologies include the lack of
understanding of conservation concepts and consensus, and the severe damage and changes affecting wildlife
habitats (Hu, 2005). Xiaoliuqiu's unique geographical environment and natural ecological resources have, thus
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far, supported the rapid growth of tourism on the island. Nonetheless, the substantial economic benefits of
tourism have been accompanied by environmental impacts that are difficult to reverse (Zhuang & Huang, 2019).
With Xiaoliuqiu serving as the case study for our research, a questionnaire survey was conducted to examine the
relationships between the cultural identity, behavioral intentions, and conservation behavior of its residents in
light of the environmental impacts of tourism development on Xiaoliuqiu.
1.2 Research objectives
The primary objectives of the study are to 1) explore the factors that influence cultural identity; 2)
explore the factors that affect behavioral intentions; 3) explore the factors that affect conservation behavior; and
4) verify the relationship between cultural identity, behavioral intentions, and conservation behavior.
II. LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1. Cultural identity
Cultural identity refers to the sense of identity that an individual develops with his or her
group or culture due to its influence, as well as the identity that arises from that group or culture (Rao,
2014). Lin, Hsieh, and Eng (2017) defined cultural identity as an individual's self-awareness and
commitment to a culture, which includes elements such as language, values, and lifestyle. Wu and
Tsai (2017) suggested that cultural identity consists of three elements: cultural investment, cultural
belonging, and cultural integration. Similarly, a study by Ke (2016) considered cultural identity as a
construct comprising three dimensions, namely cultural integration, cultural investment, and cultural
cognition. Meanwhile, Jameson (2007) argued that cultural identity is the personal self-awareness that
is formed through the transmission of knowledge, beliefs, values, attitudes, traditions, and lifestyles
by the formal or informal members of a group. Concerning whether an individual would adopt a given
behavior, Wu and Pao (2016) indicated that in addition to an individual’s own positive evaluation of a
behavior and the recognition of that behavior by an important third party, the individual would also
consider whether they had sufficient resources or opportunities to adopt the behavior. Thus, these
factors affect their behavioral intentions. In that study, behavioral intention was divided into the four
dimensions of loyalty, transfer, premium, and complaint. Moreover, the results of Cheng's (2019)
empirical research indicated that the cultural identity of the research participants had a significant,
positive, and direct influence on their behavioral intentions, and a significant, positive, but indirect
influence on their conservation behavior. Based on the aforementioned studies, the present study has
categorized cultural identity into three observed variables, namely cultural cognition, cultural
participation, and cultural affection.
2.2. Behavioral intention
Fishbein and Ajzen (1975) defined behavioral intention as an individual's
expression of attitude during the process of deciding whether to adopt a particular
behavior. It has also been defined as the decision made prior to the emergence of a
behavior, as well as the action tendency of an individual to adopt a specific behavior.
Ajzen's (1991) research revealed that the behavior of an individual is determined by the
presence or absence of behavioral intention, which in turn is influenced by facto rs such as
attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control. Lin and Fang (2018),
meanwhile, referred to behavioral intention as the likelihood of an individual to adopt
certain behaviors, proposing that behavioral intention can predict an indi vidual's
subsequent behaviors and reflect their willingness to adopt a certain behavior.
Furthermore, they defined it as comprising certain dimensions such as loyalty
preservation, recommendation to others, environmental behavior, and emotional
preference. Behavioral intention is influenced by the willingness to re-participate, the
recommendations to others to participate, the assistance given to promote something, and
preferred destination. Kao and Lin (2019) examined behavioral intention using four factor
variables, namely the willingness to re-participate, the recommendations to others to
participate, the assistance given to promote something, and preferred destination. Based
on the above studies, the current study designated loyalty preservation, recomme ndation
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to others, environmental behavior, and preferred destination as the four observed
variables of behavioral intention.
2.3. Conservation behavior
Zhou (2005) defined conservation behavior as an approach through which tourists
individually or collectively prevent or solve environmental problems or issues faced by
national parks. In this context, several strategies are often applied, including eco -
management, consumer/economic behavior, persuasion, political action, and legal action.
Hungerford and Volk (1985) stated that conservation behavior can be divided into five
categories: eco-management, persuasion, consumerism or consumer action, political
action, and law enforcement. Similarly, Shang (2005) felt that a conservation behavior
tendency is guided by four variables: eco-management, persuasion, emphasis on
conservation, and political action. Meanwhile, Lang, Lei, and Chang (2011) developed a
conservation behavior scale that included the five dimensions of eco-management,
consumer/economic behavior, persuasion, political action, and law enforcement. Based on
the above literature review, this study selected eco-management, law enforcement,
persuasion, and political action to be the four observed variables of conservation
behavior.
2.4. Research hypotheses
This study sought to explore the relationship between the cultural identity,
behavioral intentions, and conservation behavior of outlying island residents. Guided by
the literature and our research motivation and objectives, the following hypotheses were
proposed for this study:
Hypothesis 1: Cultural identity has a significant influence on behavioral intention.
Hypothesis 2: Behavioral intention has a significant influence on conservation behavior.
Ⅲ. Research methods
3.1. Research framework
Figure 1 presents this study's conceptual framework, in which it is assumed that
cultural identity influences behavioral intention factors, and behavioral intention
influences conservation behavior factors.
Figure 1. Research framework
3.2. Research participants
The questionnaire respondents were residents of Xiaoliuqiu. A total of 500
questionnaires were administered from July 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020, and 329
questionnaires were subsequently collected, of which 298 were determined to be valid,
indicating a recovery rate of 59%. The invalid questionnaires were excluded from the
analysis.
3.3. Research tools and variables
The survey tool adopted in this study was a questionnaire. Three latent variables and 11
observed variables for the behavioral intention and conservation behavior scales were derived from
existing studies (Hungerford and Volk, 1985; Ajzen, 1991; Zhou, 2005; Shang, 2005; Jameson, 2007;
Lang et al., 2011; Rao, 2014; Ke, 2016; Wu and Pao, 2016; Lin et al. 2017; Wu and Tsai, 2017; Lin
Cultural identity Behavioral intention Conservationbehavior
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and Fang, 2018; Cheng, 2019; Kao and Lin, 2019). The questionnaire was revised to meet the needs
of our research and, based on the conceptual model of this study, relevant items in the questionnaire
were examined as research variables.
3.3.1. Exogenous variables
In structural equation modeling (SEM), latent variables that are assumed to be causes are
referred to as exogenous latent variables. In our research, new environmental paradigms served as
exogenous latent variables. These were reflected by the four observed variables of limits of growth,
the relationship between man and nature, environmental knowledge, and general care.
3.3.2. Endogenous variables
Latent variables that are assumed to be effects are referred to as endogenous latent variables.
These were categorized into intervening variables and outcome variables based on the relevant cause-
and-effect relationships (Huang, 2006).
3.3.2.1. Intervening variables
The intervening variable of this study was behavioral intention (i.e., the influence of new
environmental paradigms on green consumption was reflected through the latent variable of corporate
social responsibility), which was reflected by the four observed variables of community relations,
consumer rights, corporate governance, and environmental protection.
3.3.2.2. Outcome variables
The outcome variable of this study was conservation behavior, which comprised the four
observed variables of environmental concern, social influence, personal values, and self-image. A
seven-point Likert scale was applied to the variables in the questionnaire (7 = "very strongly agree", 6
= "strongly agree", 5 = "agree", 4 = "neutral", 3 = "disagree", 2 = "strongly disagree", and 1 = "very
strongly disagree"). The scores of the composite variables were calculated by summing the scores of
the items and dividing the total by the number of items.
Ⅳ. Results and discussion
4.1. Basic data analysis
Questionnaire responses from 143 female (47.99%) and 155 male (52.01%) respondents were
analyzed. Of these, 161 (54.03%) respondents were between the ages of 26 and 45; 213 (71.48%) had
obtained at least a general or vocational high school education, up to university education; and 82
(27.52%) were students, comprising the largest segment of the sample in terms of occupation.
4.2. Selection of estimation method
The maximum likelihood method, a structural equation model, is strongly affected by the
nature of variable allocation. According to Kline (1998), if the absolute value of a variable's skewness
coefficient is greater than three, this indicates extreme skewness. Furthermore, an absolute value
greater than 10 for the kurtosis coefficient is considered problematic, while a value greater than 20 is
regarded as extreme kurtosis. Table 1 shows that in our study, the skewness values ranged from -
1.507 to 0.443, with all absolute values less than three, while the kurtosis values were between -0.989
and 1.394, with absolute values less than 10. These results indicate that the observed variables'
skewness and kurtosis values were not large, thus the maximum likelihood method was deemed to be
a suitable model for this study.
Table 1 The mean, standard deviation, coefficient of skewness, and coefficient of kurtosis of the
observed variables
Construct Mean SD
Coefficient
of skewness
Coefficient
of kurtosis
Cultural identity ------
cultural cognition 5.9720 .90809 -0.889 0.345
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cultural participation 5.9766 .62100 -0.930 0.250
cultural affection 5.8392 .73475 -1.507 2.573
Behavioral intention
loyalty preservation 6.1186 .50489 -0.782 0.131
recommendation to others 6.2173 .54071 -1.275 1.394
environmental behavior 6.1457 .55588 -0.884 0.036
preferred destination 6.2664 .61530 -0.717 0.101
Conservation behavior
eco-management 5.2494 .66852 -0.147 -0.874
law enforcement 5.2802 .68893 -0.038 -0.989
persuasion 5.1338 .67426 0.065 -0.507
political action 4.9072 .77726 0.443 -0.761
4.3. Testing for offending estimates
General model parameter estimations should not have negative error variance, excessive
standard errors, and standardized coefficients greater than 0.95 (Bagozzi & Yi, 1988). Table 2 shows
that the parameters' standard errors were positive and significant (the absolute values of the
significance test t-values were all greater than 1.96) and none of the standardized parameter values
were lower than 0.5 or greater than 0.95, all of which indicated the absence of offending estimates.
Table 2 Model parameter estimates
Parameter
Non-standardized
parameter
Standard error t-value
Standardized
parameter
λ1 1.00 -------- ------- 0.78
λ2 0.69 0.05 14.40 0.79
λ3 0.95 0.06 15.38 0.92
λ4 1.00 ------- ------- 0.90
λ5 1.02 0.05 21.19 0.86
λ6 1.13 0.05 24.50 0.92
λ7 1.01 0.06 16.30 0.75
λ8 1.00 ------- ------- 0.80
λ9 1.17 0.06 18.07 0.91
λ10 1.00 0.07 15.19 0.79
λ11 1.27 0.07 17.35 0.88
γ1 0.27 0.07 3.68 0.29
β1 0.19 0.04 4.70 0.23
Note: : t-value> 1.96 (*p<0.05); t-value>2.58 (**p<0.010)
4.4. Reliability testing
As shown in Table 3, the R2
values of the 11 observed variables ranged from 0.56 to 0.85,
aligning with academic recommendations that the reliability R2
values of individual observed
variables must be greater than 0.20 (Bentler & Wu, 1993). The construct reliability values of the three
latent variables were 0.87, 0.92, and 0.75, adhering to academic recommendations that these value
should be greater than or equal to 0.5 (Hair et al., 1998).
Table 3 R2
and constructed reliability
Construct R2 Constructed
reliability
Average variance
extracted
Cultural identity 0.87 0.70
cultural cognition 0.61
cultural participation 0.63
cultural affection 0.85
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Behavioral intention 0.92 0.74
loyalty preservation 0.81
recommendation to others 0.74
environmental behavior 0.85
preferred destination 0.56
Conservation behavior 0.75 0.72
eco-management 0.64
law enforcement 0.82
persuasion 0.63
political action 0.77
4.5. Validity testing
Table 2 shows that the observed variables' factor loading (λ) values were all between 0.75 and
0.92, statistically significant, and higher than the threshold value of 0.45, indicating that the observed
variables sufficiently reflected the latent variables with which they are linked (Bentler & Wu, 1993).
For the three latent variables, the contributions of the observed variables with which they are linked
were greater than those of the measurement errors.
4.6. Goodness of fit test for the overall model
With respect to overall model indices, SEM scholars have proposed the use of at least the
three following types of evaluation methods for goodness of fit (Bagozzi & Yi, 1988).
4.6.1. Absolute fit indices
1. Goodness of fit index (GFI): Scholars generally suggest that having a GFI greater than 0.9
indicates a good fit, which was achieved in our study with a theoretical model value of 0.96.
2. Root mean square residual (RMR): Having an RMR smaller than or equal to 0.05 indicates a good
fit, which was achieved in our study with a theoretical model value of 0.031.
3. Root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA): Having an RMSEA smaller than or equal to
0.08 indicates a good fit, which was achieved in our study with a theoretical model value of 0.053.
4.6.2. Relative fit indices
1. Normed fit index (NFI): Generally, an NFI of 0.9 or greater is considered acceptable, thus our
model was acceptable as its theoretical model value was 0.97.
2. Non-normed fit index (NNFI): Generally, an NNFI of 0.9 or greater is considered acceptable, thus
our model was acceptable as its theoretical model value was 0.98.
3. Comparative fit index (CFI): Generally, a CFI of 0.9 or greater is considered acceptable, thus our
model was acceptable as its theoretical model value was 0.99.
4.6.3. Parsimonious fit indices
1. Parsimony normed fit index (PNFI): Scholars suggest that a PNFI of 0.5 or greater should serve as
the passing threshold for models. This criterion was met by our model with a theoretical model
value of 0.69 (which is close to 0.5 and, therefore, acceptable).
2. Parsimony goodness of fit index (PGFI): Generally, a PGFI greater than 0.5 is used as the passing
threshold for models. This was achieved by our model with a theoretical model value of 0.57
(which is close to 0.5 and, therefore, acceptable).
3. Normed chi-square = χ2
/dfm: A model value less than three indicates a good fit. This was achieved
in our study with a theoretical model value of 1.82.
The model’s overall goodness of fit was tested to determine how well the observed data fit the
theoretical hypothesis model. The above findings demonstrate that our model's overall goodness of
fit was acceptable.
4.7. Testing of path relationship
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Figure 2 shows the empirical results of our research. The parameter estimations demonstrated
two main results. Firstly, the influence of cultural identity on behavioral intention had a fully
standardized coefficient of 0.29 (t = 3.68), indicating statistical significance and supporting
Hypothesis 1. Secondly, the influence of behavioral intention on conservation behavior had a fully
standardized coefficient of 0.23 (t = 4.70), indicating statistical significance and supporting
Hypothesis 2. Therefore, both research hypotheses were supported and the empirical results met our
expectations.
Figure 2. Standardized paths
Ⅴ. Conclusion and recommendations
5.1. Conclusion
This study sought to explore the relationships between the cultural identity, behavioral
intentions, and conservation behavior of outlying island residents. Cause-and-effect relationships were
established for the three latent variables of cultural identity, behavioral intention, and conservation
behavior. SEM supported the hypotheses, thus the following conclusions were drawn.
The empirical findings indicated that the outlying island residents had a significant and
positive influence on cultural identity and behavioral intention, which corresponds to the findings of
Hao (2014), Li (2015), and Cheng (2019). In our study, cultural identity consisted of the three
observed variables of cultural participation, cultural affection, and cultural cognition, which had factor
loading values of 0.78, 0.79, and 0.92, respectively. This suggests that cultural cognition was the most
important dimension of the residents’ cultural identity, followed by cultural affection and cultural
participation.
It was also confirmed that behavioral intention has a significant and positive influence on
conservation behavior, a finding that echoes those of previous studies. (Lin & Chen, 2007; Cheng,
2019). In our study, behavioral intention consisted of the four observed variables of loyalty
preservation, recommendation to others, environmental behavior, and preferred destination, which
had factor loading values of 0.90, 0.86, 0.92, and 0.75, respectively. These results suggest that
environmental behavior was the most important dimension of the residents’ conservation behavior,
followed by loyalty preservation, recommendation to others, and preferred destination. Similarly,
conservation behavior also consisted of four observed variables (eco-management, law enforcement,
persuasion, and political action), which had factor loading values of 0.80, 0.91, 0.79, and 0.88,
respectively. Thus, law enforcement was found to be the most important dimension, followed by
political action, eco-management, and persuasion. These findings show that law enforcement remains
the most effective tool for inducing conservation behavior, while moral persuasion is considerably
less effective as an alternative approach.
5.2. Recommendations
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With the establishment of environmental protection and sustainable development
policies and laws, public awareness of the importance of conservation behavior has
gradually been expanding. Since this study only investigated the residents of Taiwan’s
Xiaoliuqiu Island and did not extend the questionnaire to other outlying islands, future
studies could consider expanding the scope of this research to Taiwan as a whole, in order
to develop a more comprehensive causal model for describing the relationship between
cultural identity, behavioral intentions, and conservation behavior.
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