Journal article
On the Relation Between Social Dominance Orientation and Environmentalism: A 25-Nation Study
TL Milfont, PG Bain, Y Kashima, V Corral-Verdugo, C Pasquali, LO Johansson, Y Guan, VV Gouveia, RB Garðarsdóttir, G Doron, M Bilewicz, A Utsugi, JI Aragones, L Steg, M Soland, J Park, S Otto, C Demarque, C Wagner, OJ Madsen Show all
Social Psychological and Personality Science | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC | Published : 2018
Abstract
Approval of hierarchy and inequality in society indexed by social dominance orientation (SDO) extends to support for human dominance over the natural world. We tested this negative association between SDO and environmentalism and the validity of the new Short Social Dominance Orientation Scale in two cross-cultural samples of students (N = 4,163, k = 25) and the general population (N = 1,237, k = 10). As expected, the higher people were on SDO, the less likely they were to engage in environmental citizenship actions, pro-environmental behaviors and to donate to an environmental organization. Multilevel moderation results showed that the SDO–environmentalism relation was stronger in societies..
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