The Effect of Ecological Intelligence on Ecorecreative Attitude and The Mediating Role of Nature Attachment; An Example of Ornithology Activity

The aim of this study is to explain the relationship between the ecological intelligence, nature relatedness,and ecorecreative attitudes of individuals participating in ornithology activities. The ecological intelligencescale was used in the study in three sub‐dimensions, namely “holistic perspective”, “social intelligence”and “economy”. In this context, individuals participating in ornithology activities were selected as thepopulation in the study and data were collected from the participants using a questionnaire form using theconvenience sampling method. The research data were tested with the structural equation model in theSmart PLS statistical program. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that holistic and socialintelligence affected natural relatedness, but economy did not. On the other hand, natural relatednessaffected affective, cognitive, and behavioral attitudes. Holistic affected affective and cognitive attitudes butdid not affect behavioral attitude. Similarly, social intelligence affected affective and behavioral attitudes,but did not affect cognitive attitudes. Economy, on the other hand, had a significant effect only on cognitivebut did not affect affective and behavioral attitudes. Finally, natural relatedness has a mediating rolebetween social intelligence and ecorecreative attitude scales. In addition, nature relatedness has amediating role between holistic and affective/behavioral attitudes.