scholarly journals Alignment of values and political orientations amplifies climate change attitudes and behaviors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Keith Smith ◽  
Lynn M. Hempel
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Individual Values ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Political Orientations ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Climate Change Attitudes

Anthropogenic climate change presents an immediate threat, necessitating a rapid shift in climate change relevant behaviors and public policies. A robust literature has identified a number of individual-level determinants of climate change attitudes and behaviors. In particular, political orientations and self-transcendent values are amongst the most consistent and substantive predictors. But, political orientations and individual values do not operate in isolation of each other, and rather are deeply related constructs. Accordingly, this analysis focuses on identifying the direct and interactive effects of political orientations and human values on climate change attitudes and behaviors. Adopting cross-national data from 16 Western European states (2016 ESS), we find that when in alignment, the effect of human values on climate change concern and policy support is amplified by political orientations. The moderating effect of political orientations is most substantive for self-transcendence (positive) and conservation (negative) values.

scholarly journals Political attitudes vary with detection of androstenone

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-37
Author(s):  
Amanda Friesen ◽  
Mike Gruszczynski ◽  
Kevin B. Smith ◽  
John R. Alford
Keyword(s):  
Social Order ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Biological Traits ◽  
Primary Reason ◽  
Odor Detection ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Political Preferences ◽  
Political Orientations ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
And Behaviors

AbstractBuilding on a growing body of research suggesting that political attitudes are part of broader individual and biological orientations, we test whether the detection of the hormone androstenone is predictive of political attitudes. The particular social chemical analyzed in this study is androstenone, a nonandrogenic steroid found in the sweat and saliva of many mammals, including humans. A primary reason for scholarly interest in odor detection is that it varies so dramatically from person to person. Using participants’ self-reported perceptions of androstenone intensity, together with a battery of survey items testing social and political preferences and orientations, this research supports the idea that perceptions of androstenone intensity relate to political orientations—most notably, preferences for social order—lending further support to theories positing the influence of underlying biological traits on sociopolitical attitudes and behaviors.

The Pope, Politics, and Climate Change: An Experimental Test of the Influence of News about Pope Francis on American Climate Change Attitudes and Intentions

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Gall Myrick ◽  
Suzannah Evans Comfort
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
Religion And Politics ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
News Story ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
Climate Change Attitudes

News coverage of climate change has expanded beyond a focus on science to include stories relating the topic to religion, particularly following Pope Francis’ 2015 call for Catholics to address climate change as a moral responsibility. We tested how effective Pope Francis is as a messenger on the topic of climate change. A 2 (Pope: present or absent in the story) X 2 (news story topic: climate change or poverty) between-subjects experiment (N = 415) revealed that politically Independent participants reported more negative attitudes and lower behavioral intentions when the Pope was featured in a story than when he was not. Also, Catholic Democrats reported stronger climate change policy support when the Pope was featured in a story than when he was not, but Catholic Independents were more supportive when the Pope was not featured, regardless of topic. Results suggest religion and politics intersect to shape responses to climate messengers.

scholarly journals Political Socialization in New Democracies: Legacies of Repression and Pre-Democratic Partisanship

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Domike Blackman ◽  
Nicholas Lotito ◽  
Elizabeth Nugent ◽  
Daniel L Tavana
Keyword(s):  
Political Attitudes ◽  
New Democracies ◽  
Family Socialization ◽  
State Repression ◽  
Old Regime ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Democratic Elections

Family socialization is a key mechanism for the transmission of political attitudes and behaviors. Work in developed democracies highlights the role of family socialization in the stability of partisanship across generations. But what of family socialization in new democracies? In this paper, we develop a framework for understanding how experiences with state repression and the process of family socialization influence new democracies after transition from authoritarian rule. In doing so, we combine findings from established literature on processes of family socialization with political psychological work on how repression crystallizes political identities. We examine how individual-level experiences of state repression shape political participation and partisanship in Tunisia, an important and rare contemporary case of successful (and still ongoing) democratic transition. Drawing on a nationally representative survey conducted in 2017, we find evidence that Tunisian citizens whose family and community members who were arrested are more likely to vote in subsequent democratic elections and to vote against the old regime. While individuals who were arrested under the previous authoritarian regime are less likely to turn out to vote, in line with research on the demobilizing effects of repression, those that do vote are strong partisans and are more likely to vote for the former opposition and anti-old regime parties. This paper lays out a broader project on how the different socialization processes in authoritarian regimes affect political attitudes and behaviors after democratization.

International Ethical Attitudes and Behaviors

2010 ◽  
pp. 55-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave Yates ◽  
Albert Harris
Keyword(s):  
Information Security ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Ethical Attitudes ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
And Behaviors

Organizational information security policy must incorporate organizational, societal, and individual level factors. For organizations that operate across national borders, cultural differences in these factors, particularly the ethical attitudes and behaviors of individuals, will impact the effectiveness of these policies. This research looks at the differences in attitudes and behaviors that exist among five different countries and the implications of similarities and differences in these attitudes for organizations formulating information security policies. Building on existing ethical frameworks, we developed a set of ethics scenarios concerning data access, data manipulation, software use, programming abuse, and hardware use. Using survey results from 599 students in five countries, results show that cultural factors are indicative of the differences we expected, but that the similarities and differences among cultures that should be taken into account are complex. We conclude with implications for how organizational policy makers should account for these effects with some specific examples based on our results.

The Wicked Problem of Climate Change

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew T. Riley
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Wicked Problem ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Changing Attitudes

Although best known for his perceived critiques of Christianity in his 1967 “Historical Roots” article, I draw upon Lynn Townsend White, jr.’s lesser-known texts and unpublished archival materials to argue that White made a significant, constructive contribution to environmental ethics. Through his rejection of anthropocentric and prudential forms of ethics, White proposed an ethic of compassion for nature rooted in his notion of a “spiritual democracy of all God’s creatures.” This ethical model, referred to here as Christian ecocentrism, is offered as a framework for Christian reflection and as a means for changing attitudes and behaviors on the “wicked problem” of climate change.

Does it take a village? Fostering gender equity among early adolescents in Nepal

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecka Lundgren ◽  
Susannah Gibbs ◽  
Brad Kerner
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equity ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Community Interventions ◽  
Implementation Challenges ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
The Family ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Rural Nepal

AbstractBackground Gender inequity contributes to a range of poor health outcomes. Early adolescence presents a window of opportunity for gender transformative interventions to shift inequitable gender norms, attitudes and behaviors.Objective The objective of this study is to evaluate a set of individual, family and community interventions to increase gender equity among very young adolescents (VYAs) in rural Nepal.Methods Two communities received the individual-level Choices intervention as well the family and community Voices and Promises interventions (CVP). Two comparison communities received only Choices. Samples of 1200 VYAs and 600 parents were interviewed at baseline before implementation and at end line 1 year later.Results In both CVP and Choices only areas most measures of gender norms, attitudes, and behaviors improved, suggesting a positive effect of the individual-level intervention. Increases in norms, attitudes, and behaviors reported by VYAs were generally greater in CVP areas compared to Choices areas, suggesting an added benefit from the family and community interventions. Parent-reported measures did not demonstrate an intervention effect of the family and community interventions. Uneven evaluation results, particularly among parents, may reflect implementation challenges such as the compressed 3-month intervention period due to the 2015 earthquakes and subsequent political unrest.Conclusion Overall findings are encouraging and suggest that adding family and community interventions may improve gender equity.

Consumer Attitudes and Behaviors Related to Climate Change Questionnaire

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Tobler ◽  
Vivianne H.M. Visschers ◽  
Michael Siegrist
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Consumer Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors
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