Environmental Values in Post-socialist Hungary: Is It Useful to Distinguish Egoistic, Altruistic and Biospheric Values?

Environmental Values in Post-socialist Hungary: Is It Useful to Distinguish Egoistic, Altruistic and Biospheric Values?

In this article the authors examine whether the significance of biospheric values as a separate cluster next to egoistic and altruistic values is mainly a Western European phenomenon or whether biospheric values are also endorsed as a value in its own right in post-socialist Hungary. In twondifferen...

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Published in:Sociologický časopis Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 421 - 440
Main Authors: Steg, Linda, Farsang, Andrea, Watt, Alan, Keizer, Martin, De Groot, Judith I. M
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Prague AV ČR Czech Academy of Sciences - Institute of Sociology 01-01-2012
AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Sociologický ústav
Sociologický ústav Akademie Věd České Republiky
Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Subjects:
Alternative energy
Altruism
Attitudes
Behavior
Beliefs
Biosphere
Climate change
Cultural values
Ecological sustainability
Economic value
Energy resources
Energy value
Environmental conservation
Environmental impact
Environmental protection
Environmental psychology
Europe
Humanitarianism
Hungary
Moral Judgment
Natural Environment
Nature
Post-communist societies
Postcommunist Societies
Public opinion
Questionnaires
Renewable energy
Social behaviour
Social life & customs
Social Sciences
Studies
Values
Hungary
environmental values
sociology and environment
proenvironmental behaviour
Hungary
biospheric values
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Summary:In this article the authors examine whether the significance of biospheric values as a separate cluster next to egoistic and altruistic values is mainly a Western European phenomenon or whether biospheric values are also endorsed as a value in its own right in post-socialist Hungary. In twondifferent samples (N = 856 and N = 840), the multi-group method revealed that egoistic, altruistic and biospheric values can be distinguished empirically in Hungary. Their findings suggest that Hungarians not only care for nature and the environment as such, but that these values are translated into feelings of moral obligation to protect the environment: biospheric values strongly helped to explain personal norms towards various environmental behaviours. The authors’ results suggest that bisopheric values are relevant for understanding environmental beliefs, norms and actions in Hungary.
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ISSN:0038-0288
2336-128X
DOI:10.13060/00380288.2012.48.3.02