Eom Kimin, Saad Carmel S, Kim Heejung S
Singapore Management University, Singapore.
Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2021 Jun;47(6):891-905. doi: 10.1177/0146167220948712. Epub 2020 Aug 28.
The current research examines differences in what motivates environmentally sustainable behavior between more and less religious people in the United States. We found that religiosity moderates the extent to which environmental beliefs predict pro-environmental support. Specifically, environmental beliefs predicted pro-environmental support less strongly among more religious people than less religious people (Studies 1 and 2). Using a correlational (Study 2) and an experimental (Study 3) design, we further found that one particular aspect of religiosity-believing in a controlling god-reduced the importance of personally held environmental beliefs in shaping one's support for pro-environmental actions. Our findings suggest that motivation to act based on personal beliefs may be attenuated among people who are religious because they believe in an external source of control. Sociocultural factors, such as religion, shape the psychological underpinnings of social actions, and the present research underscores the importance of understanding psychological diversity in promoting support toward environmental sustainability.
当前的研究考察了美国宗教信仰程度较高和较低的人群在推动环境可持续行为方面的动机差异。我们发现，宗教信仰会调节环境信念对亲环境支持的预测程度。具体而言，与宗教信仰程度较低的人相比，宗教信仰程度较高的人中，环境信念对亲环境支持的预测力度较弱（研究1和研究2）。通过相关研究设计（研究2）和实验研究设计（研究3），我们进一步发现，宗教信仰的一个特定方面——相信有掌控一切的上帝——降低了个人持有的环境信念在塑造个人对亲环境行动支持方面的重要性。我们的研究结果表明，对于那些因相信外部控制源而笃信宗教的人来说，基于个人信念采取行动的动机可能会减弱。社会文化因素，如宗教，塑造了社会行为的心理基础，而本研究强调了在促进对环境可持续性的支持方面理解心理多样性的重要性。
