The role of environmental identity and individualism/collectivism in predicting climate change denial: Evidence from nine countries

Нартова-Бочавер, С К; Donat, Matthias; Uçar, Gözde Kıral; Korneev, A. E.; Heidmets, Mati; Kamble, Shanmukh V.; Khachatryan, Narine; Kryazh, Iryna; Ларионов, Павел; Rodríguez-González, Diana; Serobyan, Astghik; Zhou, Chan; Clayton, Susan

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101899

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“…Supplementary Table S4 and global research have shown that some areas need to be explored more, such as better gender equality 69 , corruption 70 reduction, emphasis on human development 71 , advances in democracy 72 , and happiness 73 . Such research emphasizes social 74 , 75 and cultural 76 , 77 factors, as well as supporting our regression and MCDM analysis results, which prove our first hypothesis that improvements in climate change indicators and mitigation, adaptation, and resilience actions can be achieved for countries and cities considered without sticking just to environmental, economic, and other traditional means (Supplementary Table S4 ).…”

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Synergy of climate change with country success and city quality of life

Kaklauskas

Abraham

Kaklauskiene

et al. 2023

Sci Rep

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Most people around the world have felt the effects of climate change on their quality of life. This study sought to achieve the maximum efficiency for climate change actions with the minimum negative impact on the well-being of countries and cities. The Climate Change and Country Success (C3S) and Climate Change and Cities’ Quality of Life (C3QL) models and maps of the world created as part of this research showed that as economic, social, political, cultural, and environmental metrics of countries and cities improve, so do their climate change indicators. For the 14 climate change indicators, the C3S and C3QL models indicated 68.8% average dispersion dimensions in the case of countries and 52.8% in the case of cities. Our research showed that increases in the success of 169 countries saw improvements in 9 climate change indicators out of the 12 considered. Improvements in country success indicators were accompanied by a 71% improvement in climate change metrics.

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confidence: 84%

Synergy of climate change with country success and city quality of life

Kaklauskas

Abraham

Kaklauskiene

et al. 2023

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“…Countries differ in many ways, including level of economic development, impacts and threatened impact of climate change, political system, and even representativeness of the sample in the present study (samples from countries where a smaller proportion of the population is connected to the internet will have been less representative). There are also more abstract differences in culture such as degree of individualism or collectivism, trust in others, environmental identity and connectedness to nature, and sociopolitical framings of climate change (Adger et al, 2013;Nartova-Bochaver et al, 2022). This makes it di cult to draw clear conclusions about the emotional and cognitive differences discerned in this study; further research is necessary to disentangle the effects of cultural, economic, and geographic differences.…”

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Psychological and emotional responses to climate change among young people worldwide: Differences associated with gender, age, and country

Clayton

Pihkala

Wray

et al. 2022

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Recently published research (Hickman et al., 2021) described concern and anxiety about climate change among young people aged 16-25 in ten countries around the world. Using the same dataset, this paper examines differences associated with gender and age. There were small but consistent gender differences, with female respondents expressing greater levels of concern and negative emotions, while male respondents were more optimistic and expressed greater faith in government. Within this narrow age group, there was some evidence that concern and negative emotions about climate change were higher among older respondents compared to those who were younger. There were complex differences among countries; in general, respondents in the Philippines, India, and Nigeria report a stronger psychological impact of climate change than respondents in the United States and Finland. These results help to describe the extent and patterns of climate anxiety worldwide in an age range that is relatively understudied.

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“…Despite the growing attention paid to promoting PEB, research on how differences in individual cultural values shape PEB remains scant [ 36 ]. Scholars distinguish cultural values into two sub-dimensions: personal levels of individualistic orientation and cultural levels of collectivistic orientation [ 37 ]. In this regard, Triandis ([ 38 ], p. 909) posited that “it should not be assumed that everybody in individualistic cultures has all the characteristics of these cultures, and that everyone in collectivistic cultures has the characteristics of those cultures”.…”

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Examining the Relationship between Individualism and Pro-Environmental Behavior: The Moderating Role of Social Cohesion

Moon

Lee

Jeong

2023

Behavioral Sciences

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Combining Hofstede’s cultural dimensions, value–belief–norm theory, and social exchange theory, this study explores the impact of individualism and social cohesion on pro-environmental behavior (PEB) as well as the moderating role of social cohesion in the individualism–PEB link in the context of Korean society. Using the 2021 Korean General Social Survey and multiple linear regression analyses, we found that individualism is negatively related to PEB, whereas social cohesion is positively related to PEB. Further analysis showed that social cohesion attenuates the negative relationship between individualism and PEB. Our findings suggest that although individuals with high levels of individualism are less likely to perform PEB than those with a high level of collectivism, social cohesion is a valuable community resource that encourages them to engage in eco-friendly activities even when they seek to achieve person-oriented goals and pursue their own interests. The implications and contributions of these findings regarding environmental psychology are discussed.

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The role of environmental identity and individualism/collectivism in predicting climate change denial: Evidence from nine countries

Cited by 24 publications

References 83 publications

Synergy of climate change with country success and city quality of life

Synergy of climate change with country success and city quality of life

Psychological and emotional responses to climate change among young people worldwide: Differences associated with gender, age, and country

Examining the Relationship between Individualism and Pro-Environmental Behavior: The Moderating Role of Social Cohesion

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