Wartości kulturowe i eko/antropocentryzm a postawy wobec zmiany klimatu. Badanie miedzykulturowe (Analizy wstępne) / Cultural values and ecocentric vs anthropocentric worldviews as predictors of perception and concern for Climate Change in three cultural zones (Central Europe, Central Asia and Middle East)
Prof. Anna Kwiatkowska i mgr Patrycja Uram (Instytut Psychologii PAN)
Data:
29 maja 2025
Title: Cultural values and ecocentric vs anthropocentric worldviews as predictors of perception and concern for Climate Change in three cultural zones (Central Europe, Central Asia and Middle East)
Abstract
Differences in pro-environmental attitudes, manifested as accurate perception and concern for climate change (CC), might be explained by cultural factors, such as collectivistic and individualistic values. Collectivism may influence pro-environmental attitudes positively due to preference for community goals, such as an environment protection, over self-interest, while in individualistic cultures personal interests are more important than the society interests, so people may be less prone to care for common goods such as environment. According to the New Environmental Paradigm, worldviews pertaining to human-nature relationships can be described as anthropocentric and ecocentric. We expected that collectivistic values and ecocentrism could predict positively CC attitudes, while individualism and anthropocentrism – negatively. The total sample consisted of N = 1268 participants (Belarus N = 207, Lithuania N = 225, Poland N = 304; UAE N = 251, Uzbekistan N = 281); 30 % of males, mean age about 23 years. We performed linear regression analyses in the total sample and national samples. Predictors comprised collectivistic and two kinds of individualistic values (self-indulgence and self-realisation), anthropocentrism, ecocentrism and ecocentrism-equal-rights. Dependent variables were cognitive, affective and behavioral components of CC attitudes.The total sample’s results didn’t confirm expectations concerning the role of collectivism and only partly did – individualism. As expected, both forms of ecocentrism were significant predictors of majority of dependent variables, indicated pro-environmental attitudes, while anthropocentrism predicted attitudes negatively. Regression analyses performed cross-countries showed different patterns, demonstrating national specificities. Results will contribute to the worldwide discussion on the collectivism-individualism role in attitudes toward environment.