Understanding empowerment is integral to facilitating sustainable use policies and requires assessing potential drivers. However, critical applications are rare in conservation. Using the island of Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe) as a case study, we undertook household surveys (N = 869) to assess potential drivers of psychological empowerment towards conservation, measured as the perceived abilities of people to individually or collectively influence marine conservation outcomes, accounting for gender. Law enforcement, collective influence, freedom of choice and action, environmental condition and living in coastal community were key variables for understanding perceived personal influence. In particular, no-fishing areas and raising awareness about sustainable practices were recommended by those with higher self-perceived influence. Such information on target groups and factors to promote is essential for facilitating empowerment towards conservation and laying robust foundations for resource comanagement, especially given the role communities can play in the face of limited state capacity and enforcement.

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对海洋保护的感知影响：赋权的决定因素和影响

理解赋权是促进可持续利用政策不可或缺的一部分，需要评估潜在的驱动因素。然而，关键应用在保护方面很少见。以普林西比岛（圣多美和普林西比）为例，我们进行了住户调查（N= 869）评估保护心理赋权的潜在驱动因素，衡量的是人们个人或集体影响海洋保护成果的感知能力，考虑到性别。执法、集体影响、选择和行动的自由、环境条件和沿海社区的生活是理解感知个人影响的关键变量。特别是，那些自我感知影响力较高的人推荐了禁渔区和提高对可持续做法的认识。此类关于目标群体和要促进的因素的信息对于促进保护的赋权和为资源共同管理奠定坚实的基础至关重要，特别是考虑到社区在面对有限的国家能力和执法时可以发挥的作用。