Climate change and health risk perception in India: A replication of the climate change risk perception model

Title

Climate change and health risk perception in India: A replication of the climate change risk perception model

Creator

Iyer, Aishwarya; Alphonsa Jose, K.

Description

Behavioral science insights into attitudinal antecedents of climate change risk perception in India are limited. Addressing the lack of nationally diverse samples in environmental psychology research, this study replicates the climate change risk perception model (CCRPM, van der Linden, 2015) in the Indian context. In a nationally comparable sample (N = 749), participants were measured on sociodemographic, cognitive, experiential, and socio-cultural factors associated with climate risk perception. Results of hierarchical regression analyses found that the CCRPM explained 32.85 % of climate change risk perception. Confirmatory factor analysis outcomes empirically support a two-factor structure of risk perception, personal, and societal/generalized in the Indian context. Moreover, the CCRPM explains limited (19.5 %) variance in perceptions of health risks associated with climate change. Experiential factors (such as affect, and personal experience) and prescriptive norms were strongly associated with climate change and health risk perception in India. Highlighting the vulnerabilities associated with health and climate change may prove essential to communicating climate change risks in India. 2025 Elsevier Ltd

Source

Journal of Environmental Psychology;Volume;104;Issue;;Article No.;102626;

Date

01-01-2025

Publisher

Academic Press

Subject

CCRPM; Climate change; Climate change risk perception; India; Perceived health risk; Replication

Coverage

Iyer A., Department of Psychology, School of Psychological Sciences, Christ University, Bangalore, India; Alphonsa Jose K., Department of Psychology, School of Psychological Sciences, Christ University, Bangalore, India

Rights

All Open Access; Green Open Access

Relation

ISSN: 2724944; CODEN: JEPSE

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102626

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