Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2013 Sep;39(9):1127-38. doi: 10.1177/0146167213490805. Epub 2013 Jun 24.
A belief in human dominance over nature lies at the heart of current environmental problems. In this article, we extend the theoretical scope of social dominance theory by arguing that social dominance orientation (SDO) is an important variable in understanding person-environment relations. We argue that individuals high in SDO are more willing to exploit the environment in unsustainable ways because SDO promotes human hierarchical dominance over nature. Four studies provide support for this perspective. High SDO was associated with lower levels of environmental concern in a nationally representative New Zealand sample (Study 1) and in country-level data across 27 nations (Study 2). SDO was also positively related to utilization attitudes toward nature (Study 3) and mediated the gender difference in beliefs about anthropogenic climate change (Study 4), and both occurred independently of right-wing authoritarianism. Implications for the human-dominated view of nature subscribed to by those high in SDO are discussed.
人类对自然的支配地位的信念是当前环境问题的核心。在本文中，我们通过论证社会支配倾向（SDO）是理解人与环境关系的一个重要变量，扩展了社会支配理论的理论范围。我们认为，SDO 水平高的人更愿意以不可持续的方式开发环境，因为 SDO 促进了人类对自然的等级统治。四项研究为这一观点提供了支持。在一项具有全国代表性的新西兰样本（研究 1）和 27 个国家的国家层面数据（研究 2）中，SDO 与较低的环境关注水平相关。SDO 还与对自然的利用态度呈正相关（研究 3），并在性别差异方面对人为气候变化的信念产生中介作用（研究 4），而且这些作用都独立于右翼独裁主义。本文讨论了那些 SDO 水平高的人所赞同的以人类为主导的自然观的含义。
