Cultural theory and quality of life |
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| Affiliation: | 1. The Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Research Unit, 83 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0HW, UK;2. Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK;1. Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Agronomy, University of Ljubljana, Chair for Fruit, Vine and Vegetable Growing, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;2. Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Hacquetova ulica 17, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;1. School of Public Health, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia;2. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria;3. Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;4. Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA;5. INSERM, Unit 1098, University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France;6. Department of Pharmacy, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France;7. Psycho-Oncology Cooperative Research Group (PoCoG), School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;8. Central Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;1. The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia;2. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840, USA |
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| Abstract: | Sustainable development has been conceptualised as a “commonwealth of values” lying at the intersection of environmental, economic and social goals (Alternatives 17 (3) (1990) 14). This captures well the approach taken by the present study, which examines the cultural, environmental and economic components of sustainable development and framed within cultural theory. People do not perceive the world through clear eyes, but through perceptual lenses coloured by their worldview. Cultural theory provides an alternative to the conventional attitude-driven approaches to environmental perceptions. This study sought to test the relationship between the four worldviews of cultural theory (hierarchy, egalitarianism, individualism and fatalism) in the context of their cultural, environmental and economic domains, with particular reference to the costs and benefits of car use. Questionnaires, designed to measure cultural, environmental and economic worldviews, attitudes towards car use and socio-demographic indices (A theoretical and methodological examination of cultural theory applied to environmental issues. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Department of Psychology, University of Surrey (2002)) were sent to residents of a prosperous town in the south-east of England and where car ownership levels are significantly higher than the national average. The findings of this study support the predictions of cultural theory. The results are discussed in terms of their significance both for future research on understanding the predictors of environmental perceptions, attitudes and behaviour, as well as environmental interventions. |
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