Perceptions and correspondence of climate change beliefs and behavior among romantic couples

Goldberg, Matthew H.; Carmichael, Cheryl L.; Lacroix, Karine; Gustafson, Abel; Rosenthal, Seth A.; Leiserowitz, Anthony

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101836

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“…Regarding objective 1, we started from the idea that using a single item to evaluate the intention to act in favor of the environment can be simple and very common [55,56] but perhaps also insufficient to capture its true meaning, especially if we take into account the great diversity of proenvironmental behaviors. They may imply doing (using public transport, planting trees) and the opposite, not doing (do not consume, do not waste), and also accepting doing and accepting not doing at the request of governments that begin to legislate in this way, forcing and prohibiting the entire population from doing and not doing.…”

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Eco-Anxiety and Trust in Science in Spain: Two Paths to Connect Climate Change Perceptions and the General Willingness for Environmental Behavior

Vecina,

Alonso-Ferres,

López-García

et al. 2024

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This article aims to better understand the mechanisms that connect climate change perceptions and general willingness to engage in pro-environmental behavior using Spanish cross-sectional data (N = 403). To do this, we first developed and validated the General Willingness for Environmental Behavior Scale (GWEBS), which includes the classical approach of voluntarily doing new actions but also actions implying not doing things (degrowth) and actions forced by social constraints. The exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis showed a good fit for the one-factor structure, which had adequate validity based on their relationship with other variables. Additionally, the GWEBS distinguished between women and men, left- and right-oriented people, and people who belonged to pro-environmental groups and people who did not. In the second place, we tested the parallel mediator role of eco-anxiety and trust in science in the relationship between climate change perceptions and the GWEBS. The results showed that eco-anxiety, fully, and trust in science partially mediated such a relationship, making them crucial to mobilize the intention to act following the perception. This study contributes to our understanding of the psychological mechanisms that eventually drive pro-environmental behaviors and provides a clear direction for future research.

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Eco-Anxiety and Trust in Science in Spain: Two Paths to Connect Climate Change Perceptions and the General Willingness for Environmental Behavior

Vecina,

Alonso-Ferres,

López-García

et al. 2024

Preprint

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“…Regarding objective 1, we started from the idea that using a single item to evaluate the intention to act in favor of the environment is simple and very common [55,56] but perhaps insufficient in terms of capturing its true meaning, especially if we take into account the great diversity of pro-environmental behaviors. They may imply doing (i.e., using public transport and planting trees) and the opposite, not doing (i.e., not consuming and not wasting), and also adhering to doing and not doing at the request of governments that legislate these policies, forcing and prohibiting the entire population from doing and not doing certain behaviors.…”

Section: Objectives and Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%

Eco-Anxiety and Trust in Science in Spain: Two Paths to Connect Climate Change Perceptions and General Willingness for Environmental Behavior

Vecina,

Alonso-Ferres,

López-García

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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This article aims to better understand the mechanisms that connect climate change perceptions and general willingness to engage in pro-environmental behavior using Spanish cross-sectional data (N = 403) that included 102 members of environmental organizations. To do this, we first developed and validated the General Willingness for Environmental Behavior Scale (GWEBS), which includes the classical approach of voluntarily doing new actions but also actions implying not doing things (degrowth) and actions forced by social constraints. The exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis showed a good fit for the one-factor structure, which had adequate validity based on their relationship with other variables. Additionally, the GWEBS distinguished between women and men, left- and right-oriented people, and people who belonged to pro-environmental groups and people who did not. In the second place, we tested the parallel mediator role of eco-anxiety and trust in science in the relationship between climate change perceptions and the GWEBS. The results showed that eco-anxiety fully mediated and trust in science partially mediated such a relationship, making them crucial in terms of mobilizing the intention to act according to perceptions. This study contributes to understanding the psychological mechanisms that eventually drive pro-environmental behaviors and provides a clear direction for future research.

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“…Recent studies have found that information transmission within families helps family members adopt pro-environmental behaviors, such as facilitation between couples [11,12], parents' promotion of children's pro-environment behaviors [13]. Climate change communication studies agree that climate change discussions within families are an information exchange process that helps to increase family members' scientific knowledge of climate change, increase their climate change beliefs, and change their attitudes towards climate change.…”

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Carbon Neutrality Education Promotes Parents’ Pro-environmental Behavior by Children’s Information Communication

Zheng,

Sun

2023

Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research

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Climate change is a global problem, and the Chinese government has put forward the goal of carbon neutrality. Carbon neutrality is increasingly embedded in the field of education. However, few researchers have explored its effects. In particular, previous researchers have found that education may have a spillover effect on parents. Therefore, this study examines the effect of carbon-neutral education on parents' pro-environment behaviors and examines the indirect effect of children's information communication. Based on matched and longitudinal family-level data, this study found that carbon neutrality education can effectively increase children's participation in carbon-neutral information communication. In addition, children's information communication significantly increased their parents' pro-environment behaviors. Furthermore, carbon neutrality education can increase parents' pro-environment behaviors by increasing children's information communication. The findings of this study not only demonstrate the effectiveness of carbon neutral education in China, but also provide new insights into how carbon neutrality education promotes parents' pro-environment behaviors from an intergenerational learning perspective.

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Perceptions and correspondence of climate change beliefs and behavior among romantic couples

Cited by 8 publications

References 61 publications

Eco-Anxiety and Trust in Science in Spain: Two Paths to Connect Climate Change Perceptions and the General Willingness for Environmental Behavior

Eco-Anxiety and Trust in Science in Spain: Two Paths to Connect Climate Change Perceptions and the General Willingness for Environmental Behavior

Eco-Anxiety and Trust in Science in Spain: Two Paths to Connect Climate Change Perceptions and General Willingness for Environmental Behavior

Carbon Neutrality Education Promotes Parents’ Pro-environmental Behavior by Children’s Information Communication

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