PsycINFO/Psychological Abstracts

The present study investigates and provides support for the Savanna-IQ interaction hypothesis regarding pro-environmental values. Study 1 showed that the highest attained education level is a significant predictor of proenvironmental concern, while Study 2 showed that the trait of openness to experience plays a unique role in predicting biospheric values, but not other values, lending support for the Savanna-IQ interaction hypothesis. Acting to preserve the natural environment is an evolutionarily novel challenge, and therefore, is more actively addressed by individuals who more readily adopt novel ideas and seek out new ways of behaving.

This article analyses young Lithuanian students' (aged 12-14) perceptions of the importance and existence of their rights at home and at school. The analysis includes a comparison of rights existence with rights importance, a comparison between the importance and existence of the various rights in both the home and school setting and a comparison between the findings in Lithuania with those for the composite of the other 20 countries participating in the cross-national research. The research revealed an exceptionally problematic situation for children's rights implementation in Lithuanian schools. Greatest discrepancies between rights' existence and importance in the school are reported by females and students of parents with high levels of education. The rights to self-determination, dissociation when one needs, freedom and respect for thoughts and opinions, protection from hurting one's feelings, living independently when one is ready were estimated by Lithuanian students as the most insufficiently realized for a child in the school. Respect for a child's personality, opinion and feelings and his/her autonomy are the main problems children experience in Lithuania and various other countries as well.