The effects of weather experiences on climate change attitudes and behaviors

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 111-117
Author(s):  
Matthew Ryan Sisco
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Climate Change Attitudes

scholarly journals Alignment of values and political orientations amplifies climate change attitudes and behaviors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Keith Smith ◽  
Lynn M. Hempel
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Individual Values ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Political Orientations ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Climate Change Attitudes

Anthropogenic climate change presents an immediate threat, necessitating a rapid shift in climate change relevant behaviors and public policies. A robust literature has identified a number of individual-level determinants of climate change attitudes and behaviors. In particular, political orientations and self-transcendent values are amongst the most consistent and substantive predictors. But, political orientations and individual values do not operate in isolation of each other, and rather are deeply related constructs. Accordingly, this analysis focuses on identifying the direct and interactive effects of political orientations and human values on climate change attitudes and behaviors. Adopting cross-national data from 16 Western European states (2016 ESS), we find that when in alignment, the effect of human values on climate change concern and policy support is amplified by political orientations. The moderating effect of political orientations is most substantive for self-transcendence (positive) and conservation (negative) values.

The Wicked Problem of Climate Change

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew T. Riley
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Wicked Problem ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Changing Attitudes

Although best known for his perceived critiques of Christianity in his 1967 “Historical Roots” article, I draw upon Lynn Townsend White, jr.’s lesser-known texts and unpublished archival materials to argue that White made a significant, constructive contribution to environmental ethics. Through his rejection of anthropocentric and prudential forms of ethics, White proposed an ethic of compassion for nature rooted in his notion of a “spiritual democracy of all God’s creatures.” This ethical model, referred to here as Christian ecocentrism, is offered as a framework for Christian reflection and as a means for changing attitudes and behaviors on the “wicked problem” of climate change.

Consumer Attitudes and Behaviors Related to Climate Change Questionnaire

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Tobler ◽  
Vivianne H.M. Visschers ◽  
Michael Siegrist
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Consumer Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors

scholarly journals Big Five and HEXACO Personality Traits, Proenvironmental Attitudes, and Behaviors: A Meta-Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 913-941 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alistair Raymond Bryce Soutter ◽  
Timothy C. Bates ◽  
René Mõttus
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Predictive Accuracy ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Gender Ratio ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Funnel Plots ◽  
And Behaviors

With climate change and its consequences believed to be among the most vital challenges for humanity and the Earth’s ecosystem, it is important to understand why individuals do or do not adopt proenvironmental attitudes and behaviors. Personality traits are well suited for this purpose. Because no recent work has systematically combined the accumulating evidence on this topic, we aimed to meta-analyze the associations of the Big Five and HEXACO personality domains with proenvironmental attitudes and behaviors. A meta-analysis of 38 sources ( N = 44,993) implicated openness and honesty-humility as the strongest correlates of proenvironmental attitudes ( r = .22 and .20) and behaviors ( r = .21 and .25). Agreeableness, conscientiousness, and, to a lesser extent, extraversion were also associated with proenvironmental attitudes ( r = .15, .12, and .09) and behaviors ( r = .10, .11, and .10). Heterogeneity among effect sizes was partly explained by samples’ gender ratio, age, and country of origin and by the personality model. P-curve analyses, funnel plots, and Egger’s tests indicated significant but sporadic and small publication bias. As a validity test, the meta-analytic associations collectively provided substantial predictive accuracy for proenvironmental attitudes ( r = .44–.45) and behaviors ( r = .28–.43) in independent holdout samples.

Personality change and sustainability attitudes and behaviors

2021 ◽  
pp. 089020702110162
Author(s):  
Christopher J Hopwood ◽  
Ted Schwaba ◽  
Taciano L Milfont ◽  
Chris G Sibley ◽  
Wiebke Bleidorn
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Personality Change ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Age Cohorts ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Over Time

Withstanding the climate crisis will depend in part on individuals behaving in a more environmentally sustainable manner. However, relatively little is known about the individual factors that promote sustainable attitudes and behaviors (SABs). Although there are established cross-sectional associations between personality traits and SABs, it is unclear whether changes in personality are related to increases in SABs over time, and how personality is differentially related to specific SABs. Using data from 61,479 participants in New Zealand, we tested preregistered hypotheses about how personality codevelops with valuing the environment, believing in climate change, concern about climate change, personal environmental efficacy, personal environmental sacrifice, and support for the Green Party. We found that SABs generally increased from 2009 to 2017, although there was variation across age cohorts, SAB variables, and samples. We replicated concurrent correlations between broad personality traits—particularly Agreeableness, Openness, and Honesty/Humility—and SABs and present novel evidence that increases in SAB are related to changes in traits, particularly Agreeableness. These findings have implications for both understanding the factors associated with changes in SABs over time and understanding the factors that drive personality change.

scholarly journals How Celebrities’ Green Messages on Twitter Influence Public Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions to Mitigate Climate Change

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 7948
Author(s):  
Sejung Park
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Fear Appeals ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mediation Process ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
The Impact

This research adds to the growing body of literature on the role of celebrities as emergent spokespersons in climate advocacy using Twitter. This study investigates the effects of framing of celebrities’ messages (emotional framing and framing of celebrity involvement) on public attitudes and behaviors to address climate change. A sequential mediation process is examined with structural equation modeling. In addition, this study assesses the role of parasocial relationship (PSR) with celebrities as predictors and moderators of the impact of framing of celebrity involvement. The results indicate that fear appeals were more effective than hope appeals in driving participation in activism, but emotional framing did not affect any other variables. Framing of celebrity involvement appeals using first-person pronouns led to more positive attitudes, but had no effect on behaviors. In addition, PSR was a strong positive predictor of attitudes and behaviors.

Do autistic traits predict pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors, and climate change belief?

2021 ◽  
pp. 101648
Author(s):  
Emily C. Taylor ◽  
Lucy A. Livingston ◽  
Mitchell J. Callan ◽  
Paul H.P. Hanel ◽  
Punit Shah
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Autistic Traits ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors

scholarly journals Big Five Facets’ Associations with Pro-Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alistair Raymond Bryce Soutter ◽  
René Mõttus
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
Prediction Analysis ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Detailed Picture

Climate change mandates us to understand why individual’s (do not) act environmentally and personality traits are well suited for this purpose. Research has mostly focused on broad do-main-level associations between personality traits and pro-environmental behaviors and attitudes. In two datasets (N = 501 and 287), we examined whether facets provided a more detailed picture of these association. Some facets were found to be the main drivers of the do-main-level associations. Out-sample prediction analysis showed that facets collectively predicted pro-environmental attitudes (r = .50 to .52) and behaviors (r = .29 to .42), but domains matched them. Therefore, facets provided a greater understanding of traits’ association with pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors than domains, but no additional overall predictive power.

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