Apocalypse Soon? Dire Messages Reduce Belief in Global Warming by Contradicting Just-World Beliefs
Apocalypse Soon? Dire Messages Reduce Belief in Global Warming by Contradicting Just-World Beliefs
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DOI：
10.1177/0956797610391911
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
影响因子：
8.2
通讯作者：
Willer, Robb
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作者：
Feinberg, Matthew;Willer, Robb
虽然全球变暖存在的科学证据不断增加，但在美国和其他国家，近年来对全球变暖的信念停滞不前，甚至有所下降。对这种模式的一种可能解释是，有关全球变暖潜在可怕后果的信息威胁到了人们根深蒂固的信念，即世界是公正、有序和稳定的。个人通过否认或忽视全球变暖的存在来克服这一威胁，这一过程最终导致应对气候变化的意愿下降。两个实验为这种对全球变暖的信念动力学的解释提供了支持，表明不那么可怕的信息可能更有效地促进公众对气候变化研究的理解。
Though scientific evidence for the existence of global warming continues to mount, in the United States and other countries belief in global warming has stagnated or even decreased in recent years. One possible explanation for this pattern is that information about the potentially dire consequences of global warming threatens deeply held beliefs that the world is just, orderly, and stable. Individuals overcome this threat by denying or discounting the existence of global warming, and this process ultimately results in decreased willingness to counteract climate change. Two experiments provide support for this explanation of the dynamics of belief in global warming, suggesting that less dire messaging could be more effective for promoting public understanding of climate-change research.