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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
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).