Research
suggests
that
a
large
majority
of
young
people
in
the
UK
experience
worry
and
negative
emotions
about
climate
change,
which
affects
their
functioning
daily
life.
University
students
may
be
particularly
likely
to
anxiety
if,
for
example,
exposed
distressing
change
content
studies.
In
pre-registered
online
mixed-methods
study,
we
investigated
anxiety,
change-related
emotions,
thoughts,
views
university’s
role
action
among
869
at
university.
Results
showed
generally
experienced
moderate
intensity
across
different
situations.
Students
also
reported
high
levels
including
sadness,
helplessness,
powerlessness,
low
optimism
indifference.
related
such
as
“The
future
is
frightening”.
As
role,
many
wanted
more
teaching
mental
health
support
impacts.
On
average,
endorsed
thought
university
was
“Dismissing
people’s
distress”
moderately,
correlated
significantly
with
students’
situationally
assessed
(r
=
.32,
p
<
.01)
general
frequency
.30,
.01).
These
results
demonstrate
serious
impact
on
health.
They
highlight
importance
universities
recognising
responsibilities
protecting
wellbeing.
Journal of Environmental Psychology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
97, С. 102375 - 102375
Опубликована: Июль 9, 2024
The
study
of
pro-environmental
behavior
is
foundational
to
environmental
psychology.
However,
there
no
dominant
framework
for
categorizing
behaviors
(e.g.,
diet/travel;
public/private;
consumer/advocate)
nor
an
umbrella
theory
explaining
how
such
arise.
It
remains
unclear
researchers
select
which
types
study.
There
also
debate
about
whether
prioritizing
easy-to-measure
may
limit
the
conservation
impact
research.
Learning
theories
and
study,
what
challenges
they
perceive
in
doing
so,
could
help
advance
these
debates.
We
report
a
survey
225
theories,
methods,
behaviors,
their
open
science
practices,
using
closed
questions
responses
with
thematic
coding.
results
show
gaps
between
recommend
practice
are
too
few
replications),
we
identify
most
used
for.
findings
provide
insights
on
common
measures.
Overall,
currently
balance
priorities,
including
ease
measurement
perceived
importance
impact.
hope
stimulate
discussion
support
high-quality
research
behaviors.
Health Psychology Review,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown, С. 1 - 31
Опубликована: Фев. 6, 2024
Climate
change
is
an
ongoing
and
escalating
health
emergency.
It
threatens
the
wellbeing
of
billions
people,
through
extreme
weather
events,
displacement,
food
insecurity,
pathogenic
diseases,
societal
destabilisation,
armed
conflict.
dwarfs
all
other
challenges
studied
by
psychologists.
The
greenhouse
gas
emissions
driving
climate
disproportionately
originate
from
actions
wealthy
populations
in
Global
North
are
tied
to
excessive
energy
use
overconsumption
driven
pursuit
economic
growth.
Addressing
this
crisis
requires
significant
transformations
individual
behaviour
change.
Most
these
changes
will
benefit
not
only
stability
but
yield
public
co-benefits.
Because
their
unique
expertise
skills,
psychologists
urgently
needed
crafting
mitigation
responses.
We
propose
specific
ways
which
at
career
stages
can
contribute,
within
spheres
research,
teaching,
policy
making,
organisations
as
private
citizens.
As
psychologists,
we
cannot
sit
back
leave
scientists.
a
emergency
that
results
human
behaviour;
hence
it
our
power
responsibility
address
it.
British Journal of Social Psychology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Апрель 27, 2024
Abstract
Social
psychologists
have
conducted
research
relevant
to
environmental
problems
for
many
decades.
However,
the
climate
crisis
presents
a
new
problem
with
distinctive
aspects
and
urgency.
This
paper
reviews
some
of
principal
ways
in
which
social
psychological
theory
approached
topic,
looking
at
perceptions,
behaviour,
impacts
linked
change.
Each
these
areas
is
becoming
more
sophisticated
acknowledging
diversity
experience
among
groups
that
vary
demographics
roles.
I
close
by
identifying
three
important
facets
future
research:
focus
on
justice,
an
effort
participate
interdisciplinary
efforts,
emphasis
maximizing
our
impact.
Global Environmental Change,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
87, С. 102895 - 102895
Опубликована: Июль 1, 2024
The
urgent
need
to
address
climate
change
requires
widespread
behavioural
changes
and
structural
reforms.
However,
the
adoption
of
low-carbon
practices
is
limited
by
individual,
social
constraints.
Carbon
capability
(CC)
an
interdisciplinary,
integrative
framework
which
bridges
gap
between
individual-level
behaviours
systemic
change.
This
article
develops
a
new
theoretical
for
CC,
with
insights
from
approach,
practice
theory,
recent
work
in
environmental
psychology.
Drawing
on
nationally
representative
survey
UK,
CC
evaluated
across
six
key
domains
practice:
energy,
transport,
food,
shopping,
influence,
citizenship.
Our
revised
theory
emphasises
diverse
forms
that
can
take,
highlighting
multiple
roles
individuals
(and
other
actors)
play
driving
action,
as
consumers,
influencers,
organisational
members,
citizens.
Results
show
UK
population
becoming
more
carbon
capable
over
time,
increasing
knowledge
about
some
practices.
transformative
still
lacking.
study
highlights
importance
reorienting
systems
provision
enable
set
ceilings
limit
excessive
consumption.
Climate
change
is
currently
one
of
humanity’s
greatest
threats.
To
help
scholars
understand
the
psychology
climate
change,
we
conducted
an
online
quasi-experimental
survey
on
59,508
participants
from
63
countries
(collected
between
July
2022
and
2023).
In
a
between-subjects
design,
tested
11
interventions
designed
to
promote
mitigation
across
four
outcomes:
belief,
support
for
policies,
willingness
share
information
social
media,
performance
effortful
pro-environmental
behavioural
task.
Participants
also
reported
their
demographic
(e.g.,
age,
gender)
several
other
independent
variables
political
orientation,
perceptions
about
scientific
consensus).
no-intervention
control
group,
measured
important
additional
variables,
such
as
environmentalist
identity
trust
in
science.
We
report
collaboration
procedure,
study
raw
cleaned
data,
all
materials,
relevant
analysis
scripts,
data
visualisations.
This
dataset
can
be
used
further
understanding
psychological,
demographic,
national-level
factors
related
individual-level
action
how
these
differ
countries.
