How the public understands and reacts to the term “climate anxiety”

Journal of Environmental Psychology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 96, С. 102340 - 102340

Опубликована: Май 28, 2024

The term climate anxiety has increasingly appeared in the academic literature and popular discourse since 2019, typically when discussing young people's negative emotional responses to change. This paper reports results from a nationally representative survey of Norwegian public (N = 2040) that investigated whether people respond differently descriptions "having anxiety", compared with being "concerned" or "worried" about Results experiment showed stronger support for politicians taking concern worry into consideration designing new policy as anxiety. Analyses an open-ended question asking what think they hear read "climate anxiety" most respondents (52%) provided neutral (e.g., change impacts), 27% viewed unfounded, irrational, excessive, equal proportions critiqued specifically contributing such associations (6%) referred reasonable rational reaction (6%). These findings indicate among some audiences, using may provoke reactance be perceived distracting political actions mitigate Our give important insights potential consequences terms we use reporting on distress.

Язык: Английский

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Artificial intelligence, digital social networks, and climate emotions

npj Climate Action, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 4(1)

Опубликована: Март 3, 2025

Abstract Emotions relate to climate change action in various ways. Here we elaborate on how the expansion of digital social networks and advances artificial intelligence, ranging from recommender systems generative AI, may affect way people perceive engage emotionally change. We develop a simple framework that links individual collective emotions, action, suggest three critical areas need further investigation.

Язык: Английский

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Innovative and ecological: integrating ecological momentary assessment into environmental science research

Frontiers in Psychology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 16

Опубликована: Апрель 15, 2025

Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is a widely used methodology in psychological sciences; however, more broadly, environmental scientists have yet to fully capitalize on the benefits this method offers for gaining critical understanding of subjective and behavioral responses factors. EMA enables collection experiences actions occurring one's natural environment as they unfold over time, allowing researchers gain contextually informed, dynamic, longitudinal insights. can provide an accurate behaviors relevant science. To share perspective, first, we describe current limitations research that could be addressed through integration EMA. Second, discuss several adopting sciences. Finally, highlight challenges considerations involved integrating The overarching implication work foster interdisciplinary potential promise advancing science research.

Язык: Английский

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Contributions of Health Psychology to Climate Change: A Review

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 22(4), С. 634 - 634

Опубликована: Апрель 17, 2025

Climate change poses a significant threat to human health, necessitating interdisciplinary approaches mitigate its effects. Health psychology, with focus on behavior and well-being, is uniquely positioned contribute climate action. This review examines how health psychology can address climate-related challenges, emphasizing psychological responses environmental stressors, modification strategies, public interventions. The findings indicate that functions as stressor, contributing anxiety, depression, eco-distress. Additionally, behavioral science insights are underutilized in governance, despite their potential drive sustainable actions. enhance adaptation by promoting pro-environmental behaviors, fostering resilience, integrating well-being into policy frameworks. However, barriers such limited collaboration insufficient emphasis systemic hinder progress. To maximize impact, psychologists must engage advocate for integration, both individual collective change. Future research should explore the intersection of mental develop comprehensive strategies tackling underscores urgent need play more active role shaping sustainable, health-promoting behaviors.

Язык: Английский

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Chilling results: how explicit warm glow appeals fail to boost pro-environmental behaviour

Behavioural Public Policy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 8(4), С. 733 - 758

Опубликована: Март 7, 2024

Abstract We conducted a large-scale online experiment to examine whether climate change messaging can induce emotions and motivate pro-environmental action. study how exposure explicit positive (‘warm glow’) negative (‘cold prickle’) emotional appeals as well traditional social norm communication affects find that simple call take action mitigate is at least affective message framing appeals. Our results highlight the difficulty of designing interventions effectively harness incentives promote Messages explicitly emphasise personal benefits contributing environmental causes or adverse effects not doing so seem fall short motivating effort. findings underscore need for caution when incorporating emotive into policy interventions.

Язык: Английский

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Affective responses drive the impact neglect in sustainable behavior

iScience, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 26(11), С. 108280 - 108280

Опубликована: Окт. 20, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Multimodal Sentiment Analysis Method Based on Hierarchical Adaptive Feature Fusion Network

International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 20(1), С. 1 - 23

Опубликована: Янв. 12, 2024

The traditional multi-modal sentiment analysis (MSA) method usually considers the characteristics to be equally important and ignores contribution of different modes final MSA result. Therefore, an based on hierarchical adaptive feature fusion network is proposed. Firstly, RoBERTa, ResViT, LibROSA are used extract modal features construct a layered network. Then, extraction module cross-modal interaction combined realize interactive information between modes. Finally, gating mechanism introduced design global learn unique experimental results three public data sets show that proposed can make full use information, outperform other advanced comparison methods, improve accuracy robustness analysis, expected achieve better in field analysis.

Язык: Английский

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Affective Paternalism

Опубликована: Май 21, 2024

In this commentary we expand on the special issue themes of applied affective science, ecologically valid data and application, need for transdisciplinary collaboration by discussing exemplifying how science can inform behavioral public policy.

Язык: Английский

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Affect and Impact Neglect in Sustainable Decision-Making

Emotion Review, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Авг. 31, 2024

In a recent special section on Sustainability and Emotion, Schneider van der Linden present how sustainability science could benefit from affective to address important unanswered questions about the psychological antecedents of people's engagement in relatively high-impact sustainable behaviors. Here, we underline importance combining motivational role positive affect with an impact-focused research agenda understand causal decision-making develop communication strategies harnessing mechanisms promote impactful We potential links connecting experience perceived impact adoption Finally, argue for aiming enhance associated

Язык: Английский

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Decoding public’s real-time emotional and cognitive responses to the changing climate on social media

Research Square (Research Square), Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 29, 2024

Abstract The existing research on the associations between climate change-related events and mental well-being outcomes warrants several gaps. These studies either used a mono approach such as cross-sectional surveys or focused clinical health outcomes. Moreover, underlying mechanism channelling changing real-time emotional well their pro-environmental action were seldom studied. This study aimed to address these gaps by integrating multiple data sources, including social media posts about change Weibo (n = 76,514), regional meteorological (n(records) 216,476), vulnerability in China. proposed tested novel linking factors through three cognitive responses (thinking styles, affiliations, somatosensory experiences), explored relationships with individuals’ tendencies. Additionally, this examined moderating role of seasonal effects impact public well-being. results revealed that extreme hot days hotter temperatures associated more negative lower tendencies mediated analytical-intuitive thinking style, experiences moderated seasons population density. implications findings for communication intervention discussed, emphasizing enhance coping abilities promote behaviours.

Язык: Английский

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