Exploring how climate change subjective attribution, personal experience with extremes, concern, and subjective knowledge relate to pro-environmental attitudes and behavioral intentions in the United States

Wong‐Parodi, Gabrielle; Rubin, Nina Berlin

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101728

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“…Another important fact that must be taken into account is that Study 1 data were collected before the COVID-19 pandemic started. Personal experience with COVID-19 appears to be related to a stronger motivation to support environmental policies and taxes in the US [60]; climate perceptions and anti-COVID-19 behaviours were also found to be linked [61].…”

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Who’s to Act? Perceptions of Intergenerational Obligation and Pro-Environmental Behaviours among Youth

2022

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“We are all in the same boat” are words heard from young climate activists, suggesting that all generations must engage together in the fight against climate change. However, because of their age and life situation, some young people may feel unable to change the situation and attribute the moral obligation to do so to older generations. Whether such attributions restrict young people from engaging in pro-environmental behaviours remains largely unstudied. To fill this gap, the present study incorporated perceptions of self-efficacy, feelings of external control, and intergenerational obligation (i.e., believing that all generations should act) into the Value–Belief–Norm model. Data from high school (n = 639) and bachelor (n = 1509) students in French-speaking Switzerland showed that perceptions of self-efficacy and intergenerational obligation predicted the probability of engaging in both an actual behaviour (Study 1) and a costly educational commitment (Study 2), while perceiving that the fate of the Earth lies in the hands of powerful others did not. These results suggest that educational programs on climate change should integrate intergenerational components.

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Who’s to Act? Perceptions of Intergenerational Obligation and Pro-Environmental Behaviours among Youth

2022

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“…First, although knowingness and attitude items measure different psychological traits, responses to the items may be similar. In fact, previous research on proenvironmental behavior and climate change has found a clear causal relationship between knowledge and attitudes, whereby knowledge shapes attitudes (Shi et al, 2016;Geiger et al, 2018;Liu et al, 2020;Azizah, 2022;Wong-Parodi and Berlin Rubin, 2022). It is also conceivable that these two characteristics have much in common.…”

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Validity and reliability of the Japanese version of the sustainability consciousness questionnaire

Ogishima

Ito²,

Kajimura³

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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The sustainable development goals (SDGs) are required to be achieved by 2030, and measurement indicators are needed to properly visualize individual efforts toward SDGs. Here, we developed a Japanese version of the Sustainability Consciousness Questionnaire (SCQ), the most well-known individual measure of SDGs, and examined its reliability and validity. Three online surveys were conducted with 1,268 Japanese adults. The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the Japanese version of the SCQ consists of two single-level factors: sustainability knowingness/attitude and sustainability behavior. These two factors demonstrated sufficient internal consistency by Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega coefficient, which ensured measurement reliability. Additionally, cocorrelations with other scales indicated that the higher the level of sustainability knowledge and attitude, the less positive attitude toward climate change and the higher the level of sustainability behavior, indicating the construct validity of these factors. These results indicate that the Japanese version of the SCQ is reliable and valid.

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“…Affect, knowledge, and experience also play central roles in appraising risk events. Our findings show how physical cues (e.g., damage or destruction of homes, businesses, and infrastructure) and psychological variables (e.g., stress, coping, and posttraumatic growth in response to the disaster) are associated with climate change risk perception [ 10 , 42 , 43 ]. The findings support research showing that affective responses may serve as a motivating factor such that people are more likely to take protective action to mitigate damage and threat exposure when they perceive a threat is likely and if mitigation efforts will be effective and practical [ 44 , 45 ].…”

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Developing a Climate Change Risk Perception Model in the Philippines and Fiji: Posttraumatic Growth Plays Central Role

Sattler

Graham

Whippy

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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Background: This two-study paper developed a climate change risk perception model that considers the role of posttraumatic growth (i.e., a reappraisal of life priorities and deeper appreciation of life), resource loss, posttraumatic stress, coping, and social support. Method: In Study 1, participants were 332 persons in the Philippines who experienced Super Typhoon Haiyan. In Study 2, participants were 709 persons in Fiji who experienced Cyclone Winston. Climate change can increase the size and destructive potential of cyclones and typhoons as a result of warming ocean temperatures, which provides fuel for these storms. Participants completed measures assessing resource loss, posttraumatic stress, coping, social support, posttraumatic growth, and climate change risk perception. Results: Structural equation modeling was used to develop a climate change risk perception model with data collected in the Philippines and to confirm the model with data collected in Fiji. The model showed that climate change risk perception was influenced by resource loss, posttraumatic stress, coping activation, and posttraumatic growth. The model developed in the Philippines was confirmed with data collected in Fiji. Conclusions: Posttraumatic growth played a central role in climate change risk perception. Public health educational efforts should focus on vividly showing how climate change threatens life priorities and that which gives life meaning and can result in loss, stress, and hardship. Disaster response organizations may also use this approach to promote preparedness for disaster threats.

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Exploring how climate change subjective attribution, personal experience with extremes, concern, and subjective knowledge relate to pro-environmental attitudes and behavioral intentions in the United States

Cited by 56 publications

References 56 publications

Who’s to Act? Perceptions of Intergenerational Obligation and Pro-Environmental Behaviours among Youth

Who’s to Act? Perceptions of Intergenerational Obligation and Pro-Environmental Behaviours among Youth

Validity and reliability of the Japanese version of the sustainability consciousness questionnaire

Developing a Climate Change Risk Perception Model in the Philippines and Fiji: Posttraumatic Growth Plays Central Role

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