Despite concern about environmental protection, travelers often underestimate the contribution they may have to disease transmission to other species, as well as the risk of becoming infected themselves. Tourists in general tend to accept more physical risks when traveling than when at home, and much of this can be blamed on the temporary loss of situational awareness and loss of inhibition with a corresponding relaxed attitude toward safety. To better understand environmental attitudes and travel health knowledge and behaviors, a detailed survey of adult tourists was distributed on the island of St. Kitts, home to many green monkeys. Data from 1097 respondents were collected at two locations where cruise ship passengers typically visit the island. Results revealed that even though individuals with more positive environmental attitudes were more willing to take steps to mitigate tourism-related disease transmission, they were also more likely to report wanting to touch or feed a monkey/ape. Similarly, those more willing to prevent the spread of diseases (e.g., wear a mask and report any illnesses to park authorities) were actually more likely to want to touch or feed a monkey/ape. The human desire for physical contact with other species may be partly the result of biophilia, emotionally arousing events (like contact with exotic species) that can lead to further disinhibition, and social media platforms that provide opportunities for exhibitionism. The attitude-behavior incongruency identified here may also be explained through cognitive-affective inconsistency: environmentally-oriented individuals believe that it is prudent to take steps to prevent zoonotic disease transmission but also desire to touch or feed exotic species as it may be emotionally rewarding. Individuals for whom physically interacting with monkeys/apes may be emotionally rewarding may not alter their behavior in response to cognitive means of persuasion; techniques aimed at appealing to emotions may be more effective.

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旅行医学在圣基茨遇到保护医学：绿猴周围度假者的去抑制、认知-情感不一致和疾病风险 (Chlorocebus sabaeus)

尽管担心环境保护，但旅行者往往低估了他们可能对疾病传播给其他物种的贡献，以及自己被感染的风险。一般来说，游客在旅行时比在家时更倾向于接受更多的身体风险，这在很大程度上可以归咎于暂时失去态势感知和失去抑制以及相应放松的安全态度。为了更好地了解环境态度和旅行健康知识和行为，在许多绿猴栖息地圣基茨岛上对成年游客进行了详细调查。在游轮乘客通常访问该岛的两个地点收集了来自 1097 名受访者的数据。结果显示，即使具有更积极的环境态度的人更愿意采取措施减轻与旅游相关的疾病传播，他们也更有可能报告想要触摸或喂食猴子/猿。同样，那些更愿意防止疾病传播的人（例如，戴口罩并向公园当局报告任何疾病）实际上更有可能想要触摸或喂食猴子/猿。人类对与其他物种进行身体接触的渴望可能部分是由于亲生物、可能导致进一步去抑制的情绪激动事件（如与外来物种接触）以及为暴露狂提供机会的社交媒体平台的结果。这里确定的态度-行为不一致也可以通过认知-情感不一致来解释：注重环境的个人认为，采取措施防止人畜共患病传播是谨慎的做法，但也希望接触或喂养外来物种，因为这可能会带来情感上的回报。与猴子/猿进行身体互动可能会在情感上获得回报的个人可能不会改变他们的行为以响应说服的认知手段；旨在吸引情绪的技巧可能更有效。