Social and Ecological Dominance Orientations, Climate Change Denial, and Pro-Environmental Behaviour

This study was aimed at investigating the associations between social dominance orientation (SDO), ecological dominance orientation (EDO), climate change denial and past pro-environmental behaviour. A total of 348 individuals, aged between 18 and 61 years (M = 22.27; SD = 4.80), participated in this...

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Main Authors: Gözde Kıral Uçar, Meryem Kaynak Malatyalı‬‬, Bağdat Deniz Kaynak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2025-07-01
Series:Global Environmental Psychology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5964/gep.11651
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Summary:This study was aimed at investigating the associations between social dominance orientation (SDO), ecological dominance orientation (EDO), climate change denial and past pro-environmental behaviour. A total of 348 individuals, aged between 18 and 61 years (M = 22.27; SD = 4.80), participated in this study. The results showed that SDO predicted all forms of climate change denial and past pro-environmental behaviour, although EDO only predicted denial of guilt. Additionally, the rationalisation of own involvement dimension of climate change denial, but no other dimensions of it, predicted past pro-environmental behaviour. Moreover, gender was a predictor of five dimensions of climate change denial and past pro-environmental behaviour.
ISSN:2750-6630