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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Aldstadt, Kathryn Maia

Titel

Awe, Social Dominance Orientation, and Promoting Sustainability

Ort / Verlag

ProQuest Dissertations Publishing

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Link zum Volltext

• ProQuest

Quelle

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The current study (N = 212) explored the interplay of experiencing negative awe and social dominance orientation (SDO) on pro-environmental concerns and behaviors. Past work has shown that experiencing awe (i.e., vast stimuli that transcend one’s past experiences and frame of reference) encourages pro-environmental behavior, and that people with stronger SDO endorsement (i.e., viewing hierarchy as necessary to maintain an orderly, predictable world) show less sustainable beliefs and behaviors. We hypothesized that greater SDO endorsements would predict poorer sustainability outcomes and that experiencing negative awe would encourage greater sustainability, both replicating past findings. More important, we anticipated an SDO and awe interaction because negative awe shows nature as an indominable force and may encourage people with greater SDO endorsement to acknowledge the limits of humanity, resulting in relatively more pro-environmental concerns and behaviors. The current work replicated past findings involving SDO (i.e., those endorsing SDO to a greater degree revealing less sustainable outcomes), however direct effects of awe or its interaction with SDO were not observed. Limitations of the current work and implications for future research are discussed.