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Environmental Attitudes Conceptualized Through Developmental Theory: A Qualitative Analysis
Author(s) -
Robbins Jill Greenwald,
Greenwald Ricky
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1994.tb02418.x
Subject(s) - feeling , psychology , id, ego and super ego , social psychology , relation (database) , developmental psychology , computer science , database
Women's attitudes toward the environment were explored in relation to Robert Kegan's model of ego development, using a randomly selected sample of 27 women aged 40 to 49 from a Massachusetts town. Ways of thinking about the environment were differentiated qualitatively according to ego stage. Illustrations of stage distinctions focused on the women's feelings of relationship or connection to the environment and on their presented rationale for their environmentally related behaviors. Implications of stage distinctions to educational efforts and to conceptualizations of justice are discussed.