Original scientific paper

RELATION TOWARD LIFE CONTEXT OF BIOCENTRIC ORIENTATION

Ivan Cifrić

Abstract

In this paper the author analyses the results of empirical research of the perception of ‘the relation toward life’ (biocentrism). The hypothesis in this paper is that biocentrism is multi‐dimensional and that individual dimensions of biocentrism are connected with dimensions of perceiving the problem: ‘comprehension of death and meaning of life’, irresponsibility for life’, ‘social and environmental orientation’ and ‘believing’. The research has been carried out at five faculties of the University of Zagreb, in 2004, (N=492) with university students on the first and final year of study. Techniques of bivariant and multivariant statistics have been applied. Factor analysis has shown three dimensions (factors) of biocentricity: ‘respect of life’ (F1), ‘autonomy of nature’ (F2) and ‘life protection’ (F3). Factors (dimensions) on other applied instruments have been established using the same technique. The correlation of dimensions of ‘biocentrism’ with dimensions established on other instruments has shown a positive connection: Respondents who prefer ‘responsibility for all life’ are more inclined to ‘respect for life’, they find the meaning
of life in ‘the faith of God’, they are eco‐centrically oriented, they are of ‘Christian creed’, of female sex and study at the Roman Catholic Theological Faculty (RCTF); respondents who prefer ‘responsibility only for human life’ are relatively inclined to ‘the autonomy of nature’, the meaning of life they find in ‘individualism’, they are ‘anthropocentrically’ oriented, incline to ‘superstition‐stereotypes’, they are of male sex; respondents who prefer ‘responsibility for all life’ are more inclined to ‘protection of life’, they find the meaning of life in ‘the faith of God’, they are ‘eco‐centrically’ oriented, are of
‘Christian creed’ and study at RCTF.

Keywords

biocentrism; responsibility for life; religion; meaning of life; social and environmental orientation; university students

Hrčak ID:

7538

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/7538

Publication date:

7.7.2006.

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