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Climate anxiety, wellbeing and pro-environmental action: correlates of negative emotional responses to climate change in 32 countries

Title
Climate anxiety, wellbeing and pro-environmental action: correlates of negative emotional responses to climate change in 32 countries
Creator
Ogunbode C.A.; Doran R.; Hanss D.; Ojala M.; Salmela-Aro K.; van den Broek K.L.; Bhullar N.; Aquino S.D.; Marot T.; Schermer J.A.; Wlodarczyk A.; Lu S.; Jiang F.; Maran D.A.; Yadav R.; Ardi R.; Chegeni R.; Ghanbarian E.; Zand S.; Najafi R.; Park J.; Tsubakita T.; Tan C.-S.; Chukwuorji J.C.; Ojewumi K.A.; Tahir H.; Albzour M.; Reyes M.E.S.; Lins S.; Enea V.; Volkodav T.; Sollar T.; Navarro-Carrillo G.; Torres-Mar J.; Mbungu W.; Ayanian A.H.; Ghorayeb J.; Onyutha C.; Lomas M.J.; Helmy M.; Martez-Buelvas L.; Bayad A.; Karasu M.
Description
This study explored the correlates of climate anxiety in a diverse range of national contexts. We analysed cross-sectional data gathered in 32 countries (N = 12,246). Our results show that climate anxiety is positively related to rate of exposure to information about climate change impacts, the amount of attention people pay to climate change information, and perceived descriptive norms about emotional responding to climate change. Climate anxiety was also positively linked to pro-environmental behaviours and negatively linked to mental wellbeing. Notably, climate anxiety had a significant inverse association with mental wellbeing in 31 out of 32 countries. In contrast, it had a significant association with pro-environmental behaviour in 24 countries, and with environmental activism in 12 countries. Our findings highlight contextual boundaries to engagement in environmental action as an antidote to climate anxiety, and the broad international significance of considering negative climate-related emotions as a plausible threat to wellbeing. 2022 The Authors
Source
Journal of Environmental Psychology, Vol-84
Date
2022-01-01
Publisher
Academic Press
Subject
Climate activism; Climate change; Climate change anxiety; Emotions; Pro-environmental behaviour; Wellbeing
Coverage
Ogunbode C.A., School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom; Doran R., Department of Psychosocial Science, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway; Hanss D., Department of Social Sciences, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany; Ojala M., School of Law, Psychology and Social Work, ebro University, Sweden; Salmela-Aro K., Department of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland; van den Broek K.L., Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Netherlands, Research Centre for Environmental Economics, Heidelberg University, Germany; Bhullar N., School of Psychology, University of New England, NSW, Australia; Aquino S.D., Psychology Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Marot T., Psychology Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Schermer J.A., Department of Management and Organisational Studies, Faculty of Social Science, University of Western Ontario, Canada; Wlodarczyk A., Escuela de Psicolog, Facultad de Humanidades, Universidad Catica del Norte, Chile; Lu S., School of Applied Social Sciences, De Montfort University, United Kingdom; Jiang F., Department of Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom; Maran D.A., Department of Psychology, University of Torino, Italy; Yadav R., School of Business and Management, Christ University, India; Ardi R., Department of Psychology, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia; Chegeni R., Department of Psychosocial Science, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway; Ghanbarian E., Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling, University of Tehran, Iran; Zand S., Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy; Najafi R., Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy; Park J., Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Japan; Tsubakita T., Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Japan; Tan C.-S., Department of Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia; Chukwuorji J.C., Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nigeria; Ojewumi K.A., Department of Psychology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria; Tahir H., Department of Psychosocial Science, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway; Albzour M., Department of Social and Behavioural Science, Birzeit University, Palestine; Reyes M.E.S., Department of Psychology, College of Science, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines; Lins S., Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal; Enea V., Department of Psychology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania; Volkodav T., Faculty of Pedagogy, Psychology and Communicology, Kuban State University, Russian Federation; Sollar T., Department of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Healthcare, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia; Navarro-Carrillo G., Department of Psychology, University of Ja, Spain; Torres-Mar J., Department of Research Methods in Behavioural Sciences, University of Granada, Spain; Mbungu W., Department of Civil and Water Resources Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania; Ayanian A.H., Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University, Germany; Ghorayeb J., Department of Psychology, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Onyutha C., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kyambogo University, Uganda; Lomas M.J., School of Health and Society, University of Salford, United Kingdom; Helmy M., Department of Psychology, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, Psychology Department, Faculty of Arts, Menuofia University, Egypt; Martez-Buelvas L., Universidad Tecnolica de Bolar, Cartagena, Colombia; Bayad A., Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University, Germany, Van YcYil University, Turkey; Karasu M., Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University, Germany
Rights
All Open Access; Green Open Access; Hybrid Gold Open Access
Relation
ISSN: 2724944; CODEN: JEPSE
Format
Online
Language
English
Type
Article

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Ogunbode C.A.; Doran R.; Hanss D.; Ojala M.; Salmela-Aro K.; van den Broek K.L.; Bhullar N.; Aquino S.D.; Marot T.; Schermer J.A.; Wlodarczyk A.; Lu S.; Jiang F.; Maran D.A.; Yadav R.; Ardi R.; Chegeni R.; Ghanbarian E.; Zand S.; Najafi R.; Park J.; Tsubakita T.; Tan C.-S.; Chukwuorji J.C.; Ojewumi K.A.; Tahir H.; Albzour M.; Reyes M.E.S.; Lins S.; Enea V.; Volkodav T.; Sollar T.; Navarro-Carrillo G.; Torres-Mar J.; Mbungu W.; Ayanian A.H.; Ghorayeb J.; Onyutha C.; Lomas M.J.; Helmy M.; Martez-Buelvas L.; Bayad A.; Karasu M., “Climate anxiety, wellbeing and pro-environmental action: correlates of negative emotional responses to climate change in 32 countries,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 24, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/14749.

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