Towards a Psychology of Climate Change

Kloeckner, Christian A.

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“…In general, experts are expected to be more familiar with quantitative and numerical risk information such as probabilities and less familiar with qualitative aspects of risk such as dread or morality (Slovic, 2016). However, the results of our study show that emotions may be a potential factor that is involved in the Bradley et al, 2014;Klöckner, 2011). Because our study was cross-sectional, our results cannot establish the causal role of emotions in the risk evaluation process.…”

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“…Because our study was cross-sectional, our results cannot establish the causal role of emotions in the risk evaluation process. Different roles of emotions are discussed in the current literature, and emotions are seen as an integral component of climate change risk perceptions by some authors (Bassarak et al, 2017) and as an antecedent (e.g., Bradley et al, 2014;Klöckner, 2011) or a consequence (e.g., Böhm & Pfister, 2005; of perceived risk by others. Future experiments or longitudinal studies are needed to address the causal links between climate experts' emotional reactions and their perceived risks.…”

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“…Emotions are one of the key parts of a climate change risk evaluation Brügger, Morton, & Dessai, 2016;Bradley, Reser, Glendon & Ellul, 2014;Klöckner, 2011).…”

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The emotional engagement of climate experts is related to their climate change perceptions and coping strategies

Jovarauskaitė

Böhm

2020

Journal of Risk Research

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The emotional engagement of climate experts is related to their climate change perceptions and coping strategiesThe study aimed to reveal the role of emotions in Lithuanian climate experts' perceptions of climate change (i.e., their beliefs about the causes and risk perceptions of climate change) and fill the gap in scientific knowledge about the coping strategies that climate experts tend to employ in order to deal with climate-change-related emotions.To investigate climate experts' emotional reactions to climate change, we applied a four-factor model comprising morality-based other-and self-related as well as consequence-based retrospective and prospective emotions. The results indicated that the climate experts showed great variation in their emotional reactions; two clusters of experts emerged -those who were emotionally engaged and those who were disengaged with regard to climate change. Emotionally engaged experts were more likely than their disengaged counterparts to emphasize anthropogenic climate change, to believe that the consequences of climate change would appear both locally and globally, and to consider the consequences to be uncontrollable, dreadful, and morally unacceptable. Emotionally engaged and disengaged climate experts agreed on the extent to which they evaluated climate change as societally disputed. Additionally, experts working in the government were more emotionally engaged with climate change issues than academics. Finally, in order to deal with climate-change-related emotions, emotionally engaged experts were more likely to invoke problem-and emotion-focused coping strategies, whereas the two groups of experts did not differ in their tendencies to avoid climate change issues.

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The emotional engagement of climate experts is related to their climate change perceptions and coping strategies

Jovarauskaitė

Böhm

2020

Journal of Risk Research

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“…Such campaigns and the “information-deficit” model they are based on have been widely criticized as inadequate to promote behavior change (e.g., Blake, 1999; Kellstedt, Zahran, & Vedlitz, 2008; Ockwell, Whitmarsh, & O’Neill, 2009). Organizations such as Futerra (2005) and the Institute for Public Policy Research (Ereaut & Segnit, 2006), and academics such as Kloeckner (2011), Pooley and O’Connor (2000), and Moser (2007) advise that environmental messages should appeal to the emotions rather than simply providing factual information, to be more engaging. Climate change communications frequently use disaster framing to create a fear appeal intended to motivate mitigation action.…”

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Investigating the Long-Term Impacts of Climate Change Communications on Individuals’ Attitudes and Behavior

Howell

2012

Environment and Behavior

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To assess the effectiveness of climate change communications, it is important to examine their long-term impacts on individuals' attitudes and behavior. This article offers an example study and a discussion of the challenges of conducting long-term investigations of behavioral change related to climate change communications (a vital and under-researched area). The research reported is a longitudinal panel study of the impacts on UK viewers of the climate change movie The Age of Stupid. The heightened levels of concern, motivation to act, and sense of agency about action that were initially generated by the movie did not measurably persist over the long term. The results also show that behavioral intentions do not necessarily translate into action. Data analysis raised issues concerning the reliability of participants' causal attributions of their behavior. This and other methodological challenges are discussed, and some ways of avoiding or lessening problems are suggested. In recent years, governments, non-governmental organizations, and individuals have all been involved in creating "climate change communications" aimed at changing public attitudes and behavior related to climate change. These include leaflets and flyers; billboard, press, and television advertisements; short videos and full-length movies; and books of many kinds. Many environmental campaigns appear to be based on the presumption that people simply need more information to behave pro-environmentally. Such campaigns and the "informationdeficit" model they are based on have been widely criticized as inadequate to promote behavior change (e Keywords

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“…he impacts of climate change can occur multifaceted [1] and these threats are not directly experienced [2]. Climate change is the core of all external, complex [3], environmental and uncertain problems affecting human health [4] while it is the greatest global health threat of the 21 st century [5]. Climate change will lead to the displacement of 150 million people in the world over the next 50 years [6].…”

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A Systematic Literature Review Protocol on Climate Change Perception Models

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Valinejadi²,

Mehrifar³

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J Adv Environ Health Res

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The impacts of climate change can have many facets which are not directly felt. Climate change causes crucial political, economic, and social problems in our world. Inadequate public perceptions of climate change have resulted in little global response to climate change. This systematic review protocol examines existing perception models. First, we searched 3 databases, including PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science, as well as Google Scholar as a search engine for all documents on the topic words “climate change”, “risk perception”, and “model” and their synonyms in medical subject headings (MESH). All types of journal articles were assessed. No date and language limitations were applied. The articles were evaluated by two independent persons. The results show that in recent years, the number of studies on climate risk perception across countries has increased compared to the total number of scientific publications. In addition, the number of climate change risk perceptions was higher than in other models. Our findings showed that until now, no systematic review has been conducted for models, features, and components of climate change perception. This is the first comprehensive study to assess climate change risk perception models (CCRPM). This study presents climate change perception models.

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Towards a Psychology of Climate Change

Cited by 6 publications

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The emotional engagement of climate experts is related to their climate change perceptions and coping strategies

The emotional engagement of climate experts is related to their climate change perceptions and coping strategies

Investigating the Long-Term Impacts of Climate Change Communications on Individuals’ Attitudes and Behavior

A Systematic Literature Review Protocol on Climate Change Perception Models

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