Social Identity and Risk Perception Explain Participation in the Swiss Youth Climate Strikes
Social Identity and Risk Perception Explain Participation in the Swiss Youth Climate Strikes
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DOI：
10.3390/su122410605
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发表时间：
2020-12-01
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3.9
通讯作者：
Capstick, Stuart B.
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作者：
Brugger, Adrian;Gubler, Moritz;Capstick, Stuart B.
自2018年底以来，世界各地的年轻人团结起来，要求对气候变化采取更大的行动。然而，除了他们所表达的关切和要求之外，人们对年轻人为什么加入这一日益壮大的运动知之甚少。使用一个大样本（N = 4057）的人在瑞士年龄在14岁和25岁之间，我们表明，社会身份是最强烈的参与，其次是信念的有效性青年罢工，教育水平，并担心气候变化。我们的研究结果肯定了气候变化风险认知和社会身份相关过程对集体气候变化行动的相关性，并为理论发展和整合的有希望的机会铺平了道路。这项研究还为那些寻求保持和加强气候变化集体行动的人提供了经验教训：对气候变化的关切是一个重要的激励因素，但社会认同进程至少对青年人的参与同样重要。
Since late 2018, young people around the world have united to demand greater action on climate change. Aside from their stated concerns and demands, however, very little is known about why young people have been joining this growing movement. Using a large sample (N = 4057) of people in Switzerland aged between 14 and 25, we show that social identity is most strongly associated with participation, followed by beliefs about the effectiveness of youth strikes, level of education, and worry about climate change. Our findings affirm the relevance of both climate change risk perceptions and social identity-related processes for collective climate change action, and pave the way for promising opportunities in theory development and integration. The study also provides lessons for those who seek to maintain and increase collective action on climate change: concern about climate change is an important motivating factor, but social identity processes are at least as relevant for young people's participation.