@article{LovejoyRay, author = {Lovejoy, F. H. and Ray, J. J.}, title = {Attitude toward the environment as a special case of attitude toward all living things}, series = {Journal of Social Psychology, Vol. 123 (No. 2, 1984) pp. 285-286.}, journal = {Journal of Social Psychology, Vol. 123 (No. 2, 1984) pp. 285-286.}, abstract = {M. Maccoby's (1972) attitude scale, which measures E. FROMM's (1973) concept of >biophilia< (emotional commitment to life), was administered to 45 university students, 54 Ss from groups for unemployed youth, and 58 young conservative activists. Ss also completed an environmentalism scale. Results suggest that emotionalism played only a small part in environmentalist attitudes and that conservatives were not less biophilic than the other groups. Thus, findings do not support the FROMM-Maccoby theory.}, language = {en} } @article{RayLovejoy, author = {Ray, J. J. and Lovejoy, F. H.}, title = {Attitude toward the environment as a special case of attitude toward all living things}, series = {Journal of Social Psychology, Vol. 123 (No. 2, 1984) pp. 285-286.}, journal = {Journal of Social Psychology, Vol. 123 (No. 2, 1984) pp. 285-286.}, abstract = {M. Maccoby's (1972) attitude scale, which measures E. FROMM's (1973) concept of >biophilia< (emotional commitment to life), was administered to 45 university students, 54 Ss from groups for unemployed youth, and 58 young conservative activists. Ss also completed an environmentalism scale. Results suggest that emotionalism played only a small part in environmentalist attitudes and that conservatives were not less biophilic than the other groups. Thus, findings do not support the FROMM-Maccoby theory.}, language = {en} } @article{Ray, author = {Ray, J. J.}, title = {Attitude to Abortion, Attitude to Life and Conservatism in Australia}, series = {Sociology and Social Research, Vol. 68 (No. 2, Jan. 1984), pp. 236-246.}, journal = {Sociology and Social Research, Vol. 68 (No. 2, Jan. 1984), pp. 236-246.}, abstract = {A major claim of opponents to abortion is that they are >prolife.< The validity of this claim is assessed in an investigation of attitudes to abortion, utilizing a questionnaire developed by Michael Maccoby to operationalize Erich FROMM's concept of >biophilia< (The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, New York: Holt Rinehart, 1973). A modified form of Maccoby's questionnaire was developed, and also a scale of conservatism specifically designed for Australian conditions. These questionnaires and others on attitudes toward and social desirability of abortion were completed by a random cluster sample of 200 residents of Sydney. Antiabortionists were highly likely to be conservative and slightly likely to be prolife after the effects of conservatism were partialled out; they were also more likely to be Roman Catholics and frequent church attenders. Approval for abortion was high on all questions; only 16 percent of the sample both opposed unrestricted abortion and said the matter would have an important bearing on their vote. 1 Appendix, 14 References.}, language = {en} }