Personally Relevant Climate Change: The Role of Place Attachment and Local Versus Global Message Framing in Engagement

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Personally Relevant Climate Change: The Role of Place Attachment and Local Versus Global Message Framing in Engagement

Leila Scannell¹, Robert Gifford¹•Institutions (1)

University of Victoria¹

01 Jan 2013-Environment and Behavior (SAGE Publications)-Vol. 45, Iss: 1, pp 60-85

TL;DR: In this paper, a community sample of 324 residents from three regions in British Columbia read information either about a climate change impact relevant to their local area, a more global one, or, in a control condition, no message.

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Abstract: To help mitigate the negative effects of climate change, citizens’ attitudes and behaviors must be better understood. However, little is known about which factors predict engagement with climate change, and which messaging strategies are most effective. A community sample of 324 residents from three regions in British Columbia read information either about a climate change impact relevant to their local area, a more global one, or, in a control condition, no message. Participants indicated the extent of their climate change engagement, the strength of their attachment to their local area, and demographic information. Three significant unique predictors of climate change engagement emerged: place attachment, receiving the local message, and gender (female). These results provide empirical support for some previously proposed barriers to climate action and suggest guidelines for effective climate change communication.

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Personal and social factors that influence pro-environmental concern and behaviour: a review

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Robert Gifford¹, Andreas Nilsson²•Institutions (2)

University of Victoria¹, University of Gothenburg²

01 Jun 2014-International Journal of Psychology

TL;DR: The number of these influences suggests that understanding pro-environmental concern and behaviour is far more complex than previously thought, and a primary goal of researchers now should be to learn more about how these many influences moderate and mediate one another to determine pro-Environmental behaviour.

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Abstract: We review the personal and social influences on pro-environmental concern and behaviour, with an emphasis on recent research. The number of these influences suggests that understanding pro-environmental concern and behaviour is far more complex than previously thought. The influences are grouped into 18 personal and social factors. The personal factors include childhood experience, knowledge and education, personality and self-construal, sense of control, values, political and world views, goals, felt responsibility, cognitive biases, place attachment, age, gender and chosen activities. The social factors include religion, urban-rural differences, norms, social class, proximity to problematic environmental sites and cultural and ethnic variations We also recognize that pro-environmental behaviour often is undertaken based on none of the above influences, but because individuals have non-environmental goals such as to save money or to improve their health. Finally, environmental outcomes that are a result of these influences undoubtedly are determined by combinations of the 18 categories. Therefore, a primary goal of researchers now should be to learn more about how these many influences moderate and mediate one another to determine pro-environmental behaviour.

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...Students enrolled in a Canadian university environmental education (EE) program had significantly greater environmental knowledge, verbal commitment and actual commitment than similar students who were not enrolled in the EE program (Gifford, Hay, & Boros, 1982–83)....
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...As might be expected, liberal political views result in greater verbal commitment to environmental measures when a person is exposed to a degraded environment, at least in a Canadian sample (Hine & Gifford, 1991)....
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...However, not surprisingly, Canadian (Eagles & Demare, 1999) and American (Holbert, Kwak, & Shah, 2003) adolescents who watch more science shows and more news and nature documentaries are more concerned....
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...In a fishing microworld (Gifford & Hine, 1997), participants in a Canadian sample who intended to maximize their own gain tended to believe that other participants shared their intention (false consensus effect) much more than those © 2014 International Union of Psychological Science who intended to cooperate in harvesting....
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...A study among Canadian children found, not surprisingly, that children who talk about the environment at home, watch nature films and read about the environment are more concerned (Eagles & Demare, 1999)....
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How to SHIFT Consumer Behaviors to be More Sustainable: A Literature Review and Guiding Framework:

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Katherine White, Rishad Habib, David J. Hardisty

14 Feb 2019-Journal of Marketing

TL;DR: A review of the academic literature from marketing and behavioral science that exa... as mentioned in this paper highlights the important role of marketing in encouraging sustainable consumption, and presents a review of marketing and behavioural science literature that support sustainable consumption.

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Abstract: Highlighting the important role of marketing in encouraging sustainable consumption, the current research presents a review of the academic literature from marketing and behavioral science that exa...

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...Communications that relate the more immediate consequences of pro-environmental behaviors for a given city, region, or neighborhood can make environmental actions and outcomes seem more tangible and relevant (Leiserowitz 2006; Scannell and Gifford 2013)....
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The relationship between nature connectedness and happiness: a meta-analysis

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Colin A. Capaldi¹, L L Raelyne Dopko¹, John M. Zelenski¹•Institutions (1)

Carleton University¹

08 Sep 2014-Frontiers in Psychology

TL;DR: This meta-analysis shows that being connected to nature and feeling happy are, in fact, connected, and highlights the importance of considering personality when examining the psychological benefits of nature.

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Abstract: Research suggests that contact with nature can be beneficial, for example leading to improvements in mood, cognition, and health. A distinct but related idea is the personality construct of subjective nature connectedness, a stable individual difference in cognitive, affective, and experiential connection with the natural environment. Subjective nature connectedness is a strong predictor of pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours that may also be positively associated with subjective well-being. This meta-analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between nature connectedness and happiness. Based on 30 samples (n = 8,523), a fixed-effect meta-analysis found a small but significant effect size (r = .19). Those who are more connected to nature tended to experience more positive affect, vitality, and life satisfaction compared to those less connected to nature. Publication status, year, average age, and percentage of females in the sample were not significant moderators. Vitality had the strongest relationship with nature connectedness (r = .24), followed by positive affect (r = .22) and life satisfaction (r = .17). In terms of specific nature connectedness measures, associations were the strongest between happiness and inclusion of nature in self (r = .27), compared to nature relatedness (r = .18) and connectedness to nature (r = .18). This research highlights the importance of considering personality when examining the psychological benefits of nature. The results suggest that closer human-nature relationships do not have to come at the expense of happiness. Rather, this meta-analysis shows that being connected to nature and feeling happy are, in fact, connected.

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...Age and gender were analyzed as moderators because being older and being female tend to be associated with higher environmental concern, attitudes, and behaviors (e.g., Grønhøj and Thøgersen, 2009; Scannell and Gifford, 2013)....
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...…characteristics, such as gender and age, did not moderate this relationship despite previous research finding that being older and female tends to be associated with increased pro-environmental concern, attitudes, and behaviors (e.g., Grønhøj and Thøgersen, 2009; Scannell and Gifford, 2013)....
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The social-psychological determinants of climate change risk perceptions: Towards a comprehensive model

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Sander van der Linden¹•Institutions (1)

Princeton University¹

01 Mar 2015-Journal of Environmental Psychology

TL;DR: In this article, a detailed social-psychological model of climate change risk perceptions by combining and integrating cognitive, experiential, and socio-cultural factors was proposed, which was tested empirically on a national sample (N = ǫ808) of the UK population.

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Environmental Psychology Matters

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Robert Gifford¹•Institutions (1)

University of Victoria¹

03 Jan 2014-Annual Review of Psychology

TL;DR: This chapter discusses transactions in which nature provides restoration or inflicts stress, and transactions that are more mutual, such as the development of place attachment and identity and the impacts on and from important physical settings such as home, workplaces, schools, and public spaces.

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Abstract: Environmental psychology examines transactions between individuals and their built and natural environments. This includes investigating behaviors that inhibit or foster sustainable, climate-healthy, and nature-enhancing choices, the antecedents and correlates of those behaviors, and interventions to increase proenvironmental behavior. It also includes transactions in which nature provides restoration or inflicts stress, and transactions that are more mutual, such as the development of place attachment and identity and the impacts on and from important physical settings such as home, workplaces, schools, and public spaces. As people spend more time in virtual environments, online transactions are coming under increasing research attention. Every aspect of human existence occurs in one environment or another, and the transactions with and within them have important consequences both for people and their natural and built worlds. Environmental psychology matters.

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...In some studies, women report stronger environmental attitudes, concerns, and behaviors than men (e.g., Scannell & Gifford 2013)....
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...If individuals have a strong attachment to a place, they probably want to protect it (Scannell & Gifford 2013)....
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...…hypothesis that climate change engagement will be strongest among those with strong place attachment who receive a local message, interaction terms were created by centering the place attachment variable and then multiplying it by each of the message condition dummy variables (Aiken & West, 1991)....
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