Connectedness to Nature and to Humanity: Their Association and Personality Correlates
People differ in the extent to which they identify with humans beyond their ingroup and with non-human living things. We refer to the former as the Connectedness to Humanity (CH) and to the latter as the Connectedness to Nature (CN). In a sample of 324 undergraduate students, CH and CN were operat...
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| author | Kibeom eLee Michael C Ashton Julie eChoi Kayla eZachariassen |
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| description | People differ in the extent to which they identify with humans beyond their ingroup and with non-human living things. We refer to the former as the Connectedness to Humanity (CH) and to the latter as the Connectedness to Nature (CN). In a sample of 324 undergraduate students, CH and CN were operationalized using the Identification with All Humanity Scale (McFarland, Webb, & Brown, 2012) and the Connectedness to Nature Scale (Mayer & Frantz, 2004), respectively. These variables correlated moderately with each other (r = .44) and shared Openness to Experience and Honesty-Humility as their primary personality correlates. CN was found to play an important role in mediating the relationships between the two personality variables and some specific pro-environmental/pro-animal attitudes and ecological behaviors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7d03a798c6f541f09e86d5b54968c7ac2022-12-22T01:14:22ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782015-07-01610.3389/fpsyg.2015.01003146238Connectedness to Nature and to Humanity: Their Association and Personality CorrelatesKibeom eLee0Michael C Ashton1Julie eChoi2Kayla eZachariassen3University of CalgaryBrock UniversityUniversity of CalgaryUniversity of CalgaryPeople differ in the extent to which they identify with humans beyond their ingroup and with non-human living things. We refer to the former as the Connectedness to Humanity (CH) and to the latter as the Connectedness to Nature (CN). In a sample of 324 undergraduate students, CH and CN were operationalized using the Identification with All Humanity Scale (McFarland, Webb, & Brown, 2012) and the Connectedness to Nature Scale (Mayer & Frantz, 2004), respectively. These variables correlated moderately with each other (r = .44) and shared Openness to Experience and Honesty-Humility as their primary personality correlates. CN was found to play an important role in mediating the relationships between the two personality variables and some specific pro-environmental/pro-animal attitudes and ecological behaviors.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01003/fullconnectedness to natureHEXACOhonesty-humilityOpenness to experienceIdentification with All Humanity |
| spellingShingle | Kibeom eLee Michael C Ashton Julie eChoi Kayla eZachariassen Connectedness to Nature and to Humanity: Their Association and Personality Correlates Frontiers in Psychology connectedness to nature HEXACO honesty-humility Openness to experience Identification with All Humanity |
| title | Connectedness to Nature and to Humanity: Their Association and Personality Correlates |
| title_full | Connectedness to Nature and to Humanity: Their Association and Personality Correlates |
| title_fullStr | Connectedness to Nature and to Humanity: Their Association and Personality Correlates |
| title_full_unstemmed | Connectedness to Nature and to Humanity: Their Association and Personality Correlates |
| title_short | Connectedness to Nature and to Humanity: Their Association and Personality Correlates |
| title_sort | connectedness to nature and to humanity their association and personality correlates |
| topic | connectedness to nature HEXACO honesty-humility Openness to experience Identification with All Humanity |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01003/full |
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