Abstract
A study was conducted using a correlational screening model to determine the mediating effect of altruism in the relationship between empathic tendencies, the nature relatedness and environmental consciousness. The participants of the study, selected via random cluster sampling design, are composed of 305 pre-school teachers working in pre-schools and kindergartens in a city located in Turkey’s Aegean region. The ‘Empathic Tendency Scale’, ‘Altruism Scale’, ‘Nature Relatedness Scale’, and ‘Environmental Consciousness Scale’ were used as data collection tools. The analyses of the sub-purposes were carried out using the PROCESS macro (Model 4) developed by Andrew Hayes using the SPSS infrastructure. When the study results were examined, the indirect effects of the empathic tendency on nature relatedness and environmental consciousness were found to be significant. Thus, altruism was the mediator for the relationship between the empathic tendency and nature relatedness (β=.13, 95% BCA CI [.08; .19]) and for the relationship between emphatic tendency and environmental consciousness (β=.36, %95 BCA CI [.18; .57]).
Highlights
Humanity has always had a relationship with nature
Based on the results obtained from the study, considering the mediating effect of altruism, the importance of increasing the empathic tendency and altruism of individuals is better understood in order to increase the awareness of nature and the environment
As a result of the study, it was seen that altruism had a mediating role between empathic tendency and nature relatedness and environmental consciousness
Summary
Humanity has always had a relationship with nature This relationship is based on the principle of equality in hunter-gatherer societies, it appears that this equality is gradually disappearing in agricultural societies, while the idea that natural resources can be used indefinitely for human well-being appears to be dominant in industrial societies (Harper & Snowden, 2017; Lenski, 1966). During this process, the increase in human population and technological advances have caused severe consumption of natural resources such as land and energy. The United Nations (2015) made an urgent call for action by all countries in a global partnership to overcome climate change and work to preserve oceans and forests within the 17 Sustainable Development Goals
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