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Preston, Jesse L. and Shin, Faith (2022) Opposing effects of spirituality and religious fundamentalism on environmental attitudes. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 80 . 101772. doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101772
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101772
Abstract
Religious attitudes can have a strong influence on environmental beliefs and behavior, both positively and negatively. This work investigates opposing influences of religion of environmentalism through individual differences in Religious Fundamentalism and Spirituality. In two studies with U.S. samples (total N = 909), Spirituality predicted stronger belief in climate change, moralization of environmental actions, and behavioral intentions to conserve energy and reduce waste, while Religious Fundamentalism negatively predicted these same attitudes. Positive effects of Spirituality on environmental attitudes were partly mediated though trait compassion, while negative effects of Fundamentalism were partly explained through differences in Right-Wing Authoritarianism. Together, opposing influences of Spirituality and Fundamentalism were better predictors of environmental concerns than general religiosity, and held when controlling for political attitudes. We conclude that religious environmentalism is best predicted through the combined effects of Spirituality and Fundamentalism as a function of underlying social-moral attitudes.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Environmental protection -- Psychological aspects, Environmental protection -- Social aspects, Environmental management -- Psychological aspects, Environmental psychology, Environmental sociology, Sustainable living, Religion , Fundamentalism | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Environmental Psychology | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Academic Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0272-4944 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | April 2022 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 80 | ||||||||
| Article Number: | 101772 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101772 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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