@article{ref1,
title="When appreciating nature makes one care less for human beings: The role of belief in just nature in helping victims of natural disasters",
journal="Social justice research",
year="2013",
author="Wojcik, Adrian and Cislak, Aleksandra",
volume="26",
number="3",
pages="253-271",
abstract="The concept that nature is just and that it can act against its perpetrators is widespread among environmentalists. In the research presented, we show the consequences of sharing just-nature beliefs for reactions toward victims of natural catastrophes. A preliminary qualitative analysis of environmentalist discourse related to victims of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster caused by a tsunami showed that just-nature beliefs were used to justify the Japanese tragedy. In the following three quantitative studies, we demonstrate that the belief in just-nature is related to a diminished tendency to help human beings who suffered from natural catastrophes. Two correlation studies conducted directly after the earthquake in Japan in 2011 on members of ecological organizations (N = 183) and undergraduates (N = 123) showed that just-nature beliefs result in a tendency to help by giving donations for reducing the consequences of nature rather than for human victims of the tragedy. The results were replicated in a correlation study of undergraduates (N = 153) conducted after Hurricane Sandy.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0885-7466",
doi="10.1007/s11211-013-0187-x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11211-013-0187-x"
}