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    Islamic Conservatism, Thriftiness, and Materialism: The Case of Turkey
    (Kırıkkale Üniversitesi, 2015) Yeniaras, Volkan
    Although frugality and religiosity have been established as two phenomena that identify the individual differences in the adoption of materialistic values, they remain understudied in the literature. Considering the recent international polls that place Turkey among the most materialist countries, the scrutiny of whether the individual differences in the adoption of materialistic values can be established via the use of Islamic religiosity and frugality becomes vital. This paper investigates the interrelationship between materialism, frugality and religiosity via the use of a stratified random sample of 413. The results showed that religiosity directly and negatively affects the centrality sub-dimension of materialism. It was also found that frugality directly and negatively affects the centrality and success sub-dimensions of materialism. Finally, the results provided evidence to suggest that religiosity indirectly affects the centrality and success
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    Postmaterialism and Altruism: A Cross-National Comparison
    (Kırıkkale Üniversitesi, 2016) Yeniaras, Volkan
    Altruism is quintessential to human evolution. In this paper it is argued that cultural evolution has an impact on altruism. Using data from the sixth wave of World Values Survey we examined the mechanisms through which altruistic orientations may be affected at both side of the Atlantic. Employing the data that cover the United States and the members of the European Union, it was found that postmaterialism negatively affects altruism in Estonia, Sweden, and the United States. Reciprocity enhances postmaterialism-altruism association in Cyprus while buffering it in Poland. Furthermore, it was established that the importance assigned to an omniscient and omnipotent being enhances this association in the Netherlands, Poland, and the United States. The results also have some public policy implications regarding the adoption of pro-environmental behaviour.