Associations between value priorities and attitudes toward science

• Authors: Józef Maciuszek , Mateusz Polak , Aleksandra Zajas , Katarzyna Stasiuk

Abstracts

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The paper investigates the relations between Schwartz’s values and beliefs which may reflect skepticism toward science – specifically vaccine rejection, climate change denial and creationism. Recent research on the causes of anti-science indicates that they may be motivational, pertaining to ideologies, worldviews, and one’s moral codes. Therefore, we postulated that value priority hierarchies hierarchies may be predictors of anti-science. Results (N = 509) indicated that Conservation metatype values were positively associated with anti-science, while Self-Transcendence and Openness to change metatypes were connected with support for science. We also found significant differences in value profiles between participants with lower vs. higher anti-scientific beliefs. We discuss the possible motivational underpinnings of these results.

Keywords

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climate change; values; anti-science; vaccine rejection; creationism

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 237-243

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

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Józef Maciuszek

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Mateusz Polak

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Aleksandra Zajas

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Katarzyna Stasiuk

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

2128967