When Mother Earth Rises Up
Anthropomorphizing Nature Reduces Support for Natural Disaster Victims
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5338727 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simona Sacchi (0000-0003-0028-7462, University of Milano-Bicocca), Paolo Riva (0000-0002-9855-994X, University of Milano-Bicocca), Maria Brambilla (0000-0002-4774-3309, University of Milano-Bicocca), Marco Brambilla (0000-0002-8753-2434) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 271-277 |
| Publication date | 2013-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1864-9335 • E-ISSN: 2151-2590 |
| Publisher | Hogrefe Publishing Group (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1027/1864-9335/a000112 |
| OpenAlex | W1873899877 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 32 |
Anthropomorphization is the tendency to ascribe humanlike features and mental states, such as free will and consciousness, to nonhuman beings or inanimate agents. Two studies investigated the consequences of the anthropomorphization of nature on people's willingness to help victims of natural disasters. Study 1 (N = 96) showed that the humanization of nature correlated negatively with willingness to help natural disaster victims. Study 2 (N = 52) tested for causality, showing that the anthropomorphization of nature reduced participants' intentions to help the victims. Overall, our findings suggest that humanizing nature undermines the tendency to support victims of natural disasters
Causality (physics) · Consciousness · Developmental psychology · Geography · Natural (archaeology) · Natural disaster · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · History · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |