How do I feel when I think about taking action? Hope and boredom, not anxiety and helplessness, predict intentions to take climate action
How do I feel when I think about taking action? Hope and boredom, not anxiety and helplessness, predict intentions to take climate action
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101649
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发表时间：
2021-07-12
影响因子：
6.9
通讯作者：
Flinner, Kate
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作者：
Geiger, Nathaniel;Swim, Janet K.;Flinner, Kate
本研究考察了在考虑参与公共领域气候行动时出现的四种预期情绪反应（希望，焦虑，无助和无聊）预测参与此类行动的意图的程度。在访问非正式科学学习中心（例如，动物园，水族馆，N = 4964），更强的希望感强烈地预测了更大的行动意图（eta（2）（p）= 0.22，大的影响）;而更强的无聊感强烈地预测了行动意图的减少（eta（2）（p）= 0.09，中等影响）。这两种感觉都比政治倾向有更大的预测力（eta（2）（p）= 0.04，小到中等的影响）。受访者感到焦虑或无助的程度与他们采取行动的意图没有很强的相关性（eta（2）（p）s近似于0.01，影响很小）。这些发现突出了人们在考虑采取气候行动时的感受与他们参与此类行动的意图之间的联系。
This research examines the extent to which four anticipatory emotional reactions (hope, anxiety, helplessness, and boredom) that arise when contemplating participating in public-sphere climate action predict intentions to engage in such action. In a large, geographically diverse sample of American adults visiting informal science learning centers (e.g., zoos, aquariums; N = 4964), stronger feelings of hope robustly predicted greater intentions to act (eta(2)(p) = .22, a large effect); whereas stronger feelings of boredom robustly predicted decreased intention to act (eta(2)(p) = .09, a medium effect). Both of these feelings had significantly more predictive power than political orientation (eta(2)(p) = .04, a small-to-medium effect). The extent to which respondents felt anxious or helpless was not strongly correlated with their intentions to take action (eta(2)(p)s approximate to 0.01, a small effect). These findings highlight the underexplored connection between how people feel when they contemplate taking climate action and their intentions to engage in such action.