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DOI | 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.03.002 |
Emotions predict policy support: Why it matters how people feel about climate change | |
Wang S.; Leviston Z.; Hurlstone M.; Lawrence C.; Walker I. | |
发表日期 | 2018 |
ISSN | 0959-3780 |
起始页码 | 25 |
结束页码 | 40 |
卷号 | 50 |
英文摘要 | Current research shows that emotions can motivate climate engagement and action, but precisely how has received scant attention. We propose that strong emotional responses to climate change result from perceiving one's “objects of care” as threatened by climate change, which motivates caring about climate change itself, and in turn predicts behaviour. In two studies, we find that climate scientists (N = 44) experience greater emotional intensity about climate change than do students (N = 94) and the general population (N = 205), and that patterns of emotional responses explain differences in support for climate change policy. Scientists tied their emotional responses to concern about consequences of climate change to future generations and the planet, as well as personal identities associated with responsibility to act. Our findings suggest that “objects of care” that link people to climate change may be crucial to understanding why some people feel more strongly about the issue than others, and how emotions can prompt action. © 2018 |
英文关键词 | Care; Climate change; Emotion; Field theory; Identity; Psychological distance |
学科领域 | climate change; environmental policy; future prospect; precision; prediction; psychology; research work; student |
语种 | 英语 |
scopus关键词 | climate change; environmental policy; future prospect; precision; prediction; psychology; research work; student |
来源期刊 | Global Environmental change
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117151 |
作者单位 | School of Psychology, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia; School of Psychology and Counselling, University of Canberra, University Drive, Bruce, ACT 2601, Australia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wang S.,Leviston Z.,Hurlstone M.,et al. Emotions predict policy support: Why it matters how people feel about climate change[J],2018,50. |
APA | Wang S.,Leviston Z.,Hurlstone M.,Lawrence C.,&Walker I..(2018).Emotions predict policy support: Why it matters how people feel about climate change.Global Environmental change,50. |
MLA | Wang S.,et al."Emotions predict policy support: Why it matters how people feel about climate change".Global Environmental change 50(2018). |
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