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Katherine Lacasse
Researcher at Rhode Island College
Publications - 14
Citations - 429
Katherine Lacasse is an academic researcher from Rhode Island College. The author has contributed to research in topics: Feeling & Spillover effect. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 14 publications receiving 296 citations. Previous affiliations of Katherine Lacasse include Clark University & Wesleyan University.
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Linking models of human behaviour and climate alters projected climate change
Brian Beckage,Louis J. Gross,Louis J. Gross,Katherine Lacasse,Eric A. Carr,Sara S. Metcalf,Jonathan M. Winter,Peter D. Howe,Nina H. Fefferman,Nina H. Fefferman,Travis Franck,Asim Zia,Ann P. Kinzig,Forrest M. Hoffman +13 more
TL;DR: In this article, a system-dynamics model that couples a psychological model of behaviour with a model of emissions and climate change is used to examine how interactions between perceived risk and emissions behavior influence projected climate change.
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Don't be satisfied, identify! Strengthening positive spillover by connecting pro-environmental behaviors to an “environmentalist” label
TL;DR: This paper found that labeling those who perceived they performed many pro-environmental behaviors as "environmentalists" led to stronger environmental self-identity with no simultaneous reduction of guilt, increasing the total positive spillover.
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Bodily Influences on Emotional Feelings: Accumulating Evidence and Extensions of William James’s Theory of Emotion
James D. Laird,Katherine Lacasse +1 more
TL;DR: A good deal of evidence supports James's theory that these types of bodily feedback, along with perceptions of situational cues, are each important parts of emotional feelings as discussed by the authors, including evidence of individual differences in the effect of bodily responses on emotional experience.
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The Importance of Being Green: The Influence of Green Behaviors on Americans’ Political Attitudes Toward Climate Change
TL;DR: This paper found that self-reported green behaviors indirectly predicted American participants' political attitudes regarding climate change, and that this relationship was mediated by their green self-perceptions, which was relatively stronger for conservatives than for liberals.
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Can’t Hurt, Might Help: Examining the Spillover Effects From Purposefully Adopting a New Pro-Environmental Behavior:
TL;DR: The authors investigated whether purposefully adopting a new pro-environmental behavior (e.g., unplugging appliances, reusing shopping bags) led to positive spillover by altering people's behavior.