The Associations of Social Dominance Orientation and Ecological Belief in a Just World with Climate Change Denial

Abstract

The Climate Change Denial Scale was adapted to Turkish. Moreover, group differences in climate change denial regarding gender and educational level were investigated. Further, it was aimed to examine the relationships between climate change denial, ecological belief in a just world (EBJW), and social dominance orientation (SDO). The sample consisted of 275 participants aged from 18 to 78 years old (M =28.57, SD =10.36; 70.5% women). The results revealed that there was a significant effect of education in climate change denial scores. Participants with a postgraduate degree were less likely to deny climate change than the participants who had a two-year degree and were undergraduates. Further, results showed that climate change denial was positively associated with both EBJW and SDO and SDO mediated the relationship between EBJW and SDO. Implications are discussed.

Keywords

• climate change,climate change denial,ecological belief in a just world,social dominance orientation,mediation analysis

İKLİM DEĞİŞİKLİĞİ İNKÂRININ SOSYAL BASKINLIK YÖNELİMİ VE EKOLOJİK ADİL DÜNYA İNANCI İLE İLİŞKİSİ

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, İklim Değişikliği İnkârı Ölçeği Türkçe alanyazına kazandırılmış olup iklim değişikliği inkârının cinsiyete ve eğitim düzeyine göre değişip değişmediği araştırılmıştır. Ayrıca, iklim değişikliği inkârının ekolojik adil dünya inancı ve sosyal baskınlık yönelimiyle ilişkisi incelenmiştir. Araştırmaya yaşları 18 ile 78 arasında değişen (Ortalama = 28.57, SS = 10.36; % 70,5’i kadın) toplam 275 kişi katılmıştır. Bulgular, iklim değişikliği inkârının eğitim düzeyine göre değiştiğini göstermiştir. Lisansüstü eğitim düzeyindeki katılımcıların iklim değişikliğini inkâr etme eğilimlerinin önlisans öğrencisi, önlisans mezunu ve lisans öğrencisi katılımcıların bulunduğu gruba oranla daha az olduğu görülmüştür. Ayrıca, iklim değişikliği inkârının ekolojik adil dünya inancı ve sosyal baskınlık yönelimi ile pozitif yönde ilişkili olduğu görülmüştür. Son olarak, sosyal baskınlık yöneliminin ekolojik adil dünya inancı ve iklim değişikliği inkârı arasındaki ilişkide aracı bir role sahip olduğu bulunmuştur. Elde edilen bulgular alanyazın ışığında tartışılmıştır.

Keywords

• iklim değişikliği,iklim değişikliği inkârı,ekolojik adil dünya inancı,sosyal baskınlık yönelimi,aracılık analizi

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