The relationship between country and individual household wealth and climate change concern: the mediating role of control

Despite the scientific consensus about the anthropogenic nature of climate change, there are still obstacles hindering society from acknowledging the severity of the situation. Notably, previous research suggests that climate change threats can cause people to display ethnocentric reaction to preserve the ingroup’s interests. In this research, we investigate the relation between collective narcissism and attitudes towards climate science. We argue that national collective narcissism is negatively associated with the acceptance of climate science. We further hypothesized that this relation might be mediated by conspiracy beliefs about climate change, because narcissistic identifiers are prone to hold conspiracy beliefs. In a pilot Study (N = 409), we found that national collective narcissism was significantly associated with climate change conspiracy beliefs. In Study 1 (N = 295), climate change conspiracy beliefs mediated the negative relation between national collective narcissism and acceptance of climate science. In Study 2 (N = 375), this mediation was replicated when controlling for other forms of climate skepticism. Lastly, general conspiracy mentality did not mediate this relation, which emphasizes the importance of considering the specificity of climate change conspiracy theories (rather than generic propensity to believe in conspiracy theories) in understanding distrust toward climate science.

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Mindfulness Increases the Belief in Climate Change: The Mediating Role of Connectedness With Nature

Environment and Behavior ◽

10.1177/0013916517738036 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 51 (1) ◽

pp. 3-23 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Jian Wang ◽

Liuna Geng ◽

P. Wesley Schultz ◽

Kexin Zhou

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Implicit Association Test ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Self Report ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Current Article ◽

Change Beliefs ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

The current article explores the impact of mindfulness on belief in climate change and the mediating effect of connectedness with nature in this relationship. Belief in climate change was assessed both explicitly (using a self-report questionnaire) and implicitly (using an Implicit Association Test [IAT]). A total of 103 university students were recruited for a between-subjects experiment. Participants were randomly assigned to a mindfulness or mindlessness intervention and then completed IAT and several questionnaires. The results showed that mindfulness significantly increased belief in climate change, both explicitly and implicitly. Our findings also showed that the relationship between mindfulness and climate change beliefs was mediated by an increase in connectedness with nature. These results indicate that mindfulness is an effective way to promote belief in climate change and that connectedness with nature plays an important role in this process.

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Climate change mitigation readiness in the transport sector: a psychological science perspective

Management of Environmental Quality An International Journal ◽

10.1108/meq-09-2020-0205 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Sheila Namagembe

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Social Norms ◽

Psychological Factors ◽

Climate Change Mitigation ◽

Content Type ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship ◽

Change Mitigation

PurposeThis study aims to examine the impact of social norms on climate change mitigation readiness, the mediating role of environmental purchasing intentions and attitudes on the relationship between social norms and climate change mitigation readiness.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from transport facility operators and managers of shipping firms and bus transport firms. The SPSS software and covariance-based software (CB-SEM) were used to obtain results on the impact of social norms on climate change mitigation readiness, the mediating role of environmental purchasing intentions on the relationship between social norms and climate change mitigation readiness, and the mediating role of attitudes on the relationship between social norms and climate change mitigation readiness.FindingsThe findings indicated that social norms influenced climate change mitigation readiness, while both attitudes and environmental purchasing intentions partially mediated the relationship between social norms and climate change mitigation readiness.Research limitations/implicationsThe study mainly focused on transport facility operators and managers of shipping firms and bus firms eliminating other participants in the transport sector. Further, the research focused on majorly three psychological factors that included social norms, intentions and attitudes leaving out other psychological factors.Originality/valueClimate change mitigation is a major issue of concern to policy makers and researchers. Much of the focus is placed on mitigation strategies with the passengers and private vehicle owners as the major target. Other research focuses on reducing the impact of climate change outcomes through introduction of cleaner technologies. However, issues concerning the role of psychological factors in enhancing climate change mitigation readiness have not been given significant attention.

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Stand out of my sunlight: The mediating role of climate change conspiracy beliefs in the relationship between national collective narcissism and acceptance of climate science

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations ◽

10.1177/1368430221992114 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 24 (5) ◽

pp. 738-758

Author(s):

Paul Bertin ◽

Kenzo Nera ◽

Katarzyna Hamer ◽

Isabella Uhl-Haedicke ◽

Sylvain Delouvée

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Pilot Study ◽

Climate Science ◽

Conspiracy Theories ◽

Negative Relation ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Climate Skepticism ◽

Conspiracy Beliefs ◽

The Relationship

Despite the scientific consensus about the anthropogenic nature of climate change, there are still obstacles hindering society from acknowledging the severity of the situation. Notably, previous research suggests that climate change threats can cause people to display ethnocentric reactions to preserve the ingroup’s interests. In this research, we investigate the relation between collective narcissism and attitudes towards climate science. We argue that national collective narcissism is negatively associated with the acceptance of climate science. We further hypothesized that this relation might be mediated by conspiracy beliefs about climate change, because narcissistic identifiers are prone to hold conspiracy beliefs. In a pilot study ( N = 409), we found that national collective narcissism was significantly associated with climate change conspiracy beliefs. In Study 1 ( N = 295), climate change conspiracy beliefs mediated the negative relation between national collective narcissism and acceptance of climate science. In Study 2 ( N = 375), this mediation was replicated when controlling for other forms of climate skepticism. Lastly, general conspiracy mentality did not mediate this relation, which emphasizes the importance of considering the specificity of climate change conspiracy theories (rather than generic propensity to believe in conspiracy theories) in understanding distrust of climate science.

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Coping Humor as a Mediator Between Emotional Intelligence and Job Satisfaction

Journal of Personnel Psychology ◽

10.1027/1866-5888/a000185 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 155-159 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Peizhen Sun ◽

Jennifer J. Chen ◽

Hongyan Jiang

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Future Research ◽

Satisfaction Scale ◽

Primary School Teachers ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Regulation Of Emotion ◽

The Relationship ◽

Overall Job Satisfaction

Abstract. This study investigated the mediating role of coping humor in the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and job satisfaction. Participants were 398 primary school teachers in China, who completed the Wong Law Emotional Intelligence Scale, Coping Humor Scale, and Overall Job Satisfaction Scale. Results showed that coping humor was a significant mediator between EI and job satisfaction. A further examination revealed, however, that coping humor only mediated two sub-dimensions of EI (use of emotion and regulation of emotion) and job satisfaction. Implications for future research and limitations of the study are discussed.

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