Pro- and anti-climate activism: The ideological correlates of intentions to engage in collective action for - and against - environmental protections

IF 2.6 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Personality and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-08-05 DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2025.113387

Samantha K. Stanley , Danny Osborne , Zoe Leviston , Iain Walker

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Abstract

Although the correlates of climate activism are well-known, few studies examine why some protest against protecting the environment. We address this oversight by conducting a national survey that investigated the ideological correlates of intentions to engage in pro- and anti-climate activism. We divided participants into two groups based on whether they were in support of (n = 4530) or against (n = 714) Australia acting to reduce its contribution to climate change. These groups then completed pro- and anti-climate activism intention scales, respectively. We disentangled facets of ideological attitudes to examine the extent that social dominance orientation and the dimensions of right-wing authoritarianism uniquely contribute to activism intentions. We found that while controlling for these other ideological facets, social dominance orientation and authoritarian conservatism (submission) related negatively, and authoritarian traditionalism related positively, with both forms of activist intentions. Authoritarian aggression and free market ideology were associated with lower intentions to engage in pro-climate activism, but not significantly related to anti-climate activism intentions. These results demonstrate both the shared and unique ideological correlates of activism for and against environmental protections.

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支持和反对气候行动主义：参与支持或反对环境保护的集体行动的意图的意识形态相关

虽然气候行动主义的相关因素众所周知，但很少有研究调查为什么有些人反对保护环境。我们通过开展一项全国性调查来解决这一问题，该调查调查了参与支持和反对气候行动主义的意图的意识形态相关性。我们根据支持（n = 4530）和反对（n = 714）澳大利亚采取行动减少其对气候变化的贡献，将参与者分为两组。然后，这些小组分别完成了支持和反对气候行动主义的意愿量表。我们梳理了意识形态态度的各个方面，以考察社会主导取向和右翼威权主义维度对行动主义意图的独特贡献程度。我们发现，在控制其他意识形态因素的情况下，社会支配取向与专制保守主义（服从）负相关，专制传统主义与两种形式的积极主义意图正相关。专制侵略和自由市场意识形态与参与亲气候行动主义的意愿较低相关，但与反气候行动主义意愿不显著相关。这些结果表明，支持和反对环境保护的行动主义具有共同的和独特的意识形态相关性。

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Personality and Individual Differences PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

CiteScore

8.50

自引率

4.70%

发文量

577

审稿时长

41 days

期刊介绍： Personality and Individual Differences is devoted to the publication of articles (experimental, theoretical, review) which aim to integrate as far as possible the major factors of personality with empirical paradigms from experimental, physiological, animal, clinical, educational, criminological or industrial psychology or to seek an explanation for the causes and major determinants of individual differences in concepts derived from these disciplines. The editors are concerned with both genetic and environmental causes, and they are particularly interested in possible interaction effects.