Exploring concerns about and psychological responses to climate change awareness (upd 02/22)

该项目的中心目标是探索个人如何体验对气候变化的认识，即个人关心什么，以及他们如何解决或处理这些担忧。这个项目将促进我们对气候变化意识的心理反应和影响的理解。这个项目将使用扎根的理论方法论(格拉泽和施特劳斯，1967)。其目的是从系统收集和分析的数据中产生一种理论。扎根理论方法论使用理论抽样、开放、选择和理论编码、概念化、恒定比较和记忆等程序。其目标是在一个实质性的领域内发展一种模式化行为的理论--在这种情况下，是在气候变化意识中的模式化行为。这个项目的结果将是一个可以解释、预测和解释行为以及应用的理论。扎根理论的优点和使用扎根理论的理由是，该方法提供了适合的理论-它们很容易适用于数据并被数据证明，而且它们是有效的-它们是有意义的、相关的，并且能够解释实质性领域的行为。扎根理论是一种归纳方法，它深入到特定背景下发生的事情的核心，而发现这种相关性是该方法的优势所在。在一个主要由演绎和定量方法构成的研究领域，这种方法似乎特别必要。因此，该项目旨在通过归纳的方法、使用定性数据并强调相关性的方式，促进该研究领域现有知识的可理解性。气候变化是人类面临的最大挑战之一。在西方国家，人们越来越意识到气候变化及其原因和影响，并正在经历一系列的心理和行为反应。这些包括悲伤、悲伤、内疚、焦虑和否认，以及表达更多环境可持续的行为。随着气候变化的知识和影响继续增长，心理反应和影响也将继续增长(爱德华兹，2008)。至关重要的是，心理学研究致力于揭示与气候变化有关的个人关注的是什么，以及他们正在做什么来应对这种担忧。这将使个人能够更好地得到支持，因为他们不断提高对气候变化的认识。具体地说，该理论可能会突出人们经历的高度有意义的、关键的或容易受到干预的阶段。它还可能描绘出人们或多或少有可能参与其中、或多或少做出适应性反应以及或多或少有可能表达可持续行为的条件。描绘个人对气候变化认识的经历的阶段和条件将非常相关，并有助于人类应对气候变化目前和未来面临的挑战。这项研究将花费3年时间完成：第一年=开始与参与者进行一对一的半结构化访谈，同时进行编码和分析并撰写备忘录。完成约。12次访谈，并在第一年结束时开始写作方法部分。第二年=继续同时收集数据、编码、分析和备忘录。已完成约到第二年结束时，30次面谈和15次后续面谈。编写方法部分，将理论整合并保存在备忘录中，为第三年的写作做好准备=进行和撰写文献回顾，以便将理论置于更广泛的研究背景中，并将现有概念整合到理论中(如果相关)。从备忘录中写出理论。

The central aim of this project is to explore how individuals experience awareness of climate change, namely what individuals are concerned about and how they resolve or process these concerns. This project will advance our understanding of the psychological responses to, and impacts of, climate change awareness. This project will make use of grounded theory methodology (Glaser & Strauss, 1967). The aim is to generate a theory from data that is systematically collected and analysed. Grounded theory methodology makes use of procedures such as theoretical sampling, open, selective, and theoretical coding, conceptualisation, constant comparisons, and memoing. The goal is to develop a theory of patterned behaviour within a substantive area - in this case, patterned behaviour within climate change awareness. The result of this project will be a theory that can explain, predict, and interpret behaviours, as well as make applications.Advantages of, and reasons to utilise grounded theory, are that the method provides theories that fit - they are easily applicable to and demonstrated by the data, and they work - they are meaningful, relevant, and able to explain behaviour in a substantive area. Grounded theory is an inductive method that gets to the core of what is happening within a specific context, and discovering this relevance is a strength of the method. This approach appears particularly necessary in a research area that is constituted largely by deductive and quantitative methods. Therefore, this project aims to contribute to the comprehensibility of existing knowledge in this research area by way of its inductive approach, use of qualitative data, and emphasis on relevance.Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. In western nations, individuals are becoming more aware of climate change, it's causes and impacts, and are experiencing an array of psychological and behavioural responses. These include sadness, grief, guilt, anxiety, and denial, as well as expressing more environmentally sustainable behaviours. As knowledge and impacts of climate change continue to grow, so too will psychological responses and impacts (Edwards, 2008).It is crucial that psychological research is dedicated to uncovering what it is that individuals are concerned about in relation to climate change, and what they are doing in response to this concern. This will better enable individuals to be supported as they continually process awareness of climate change. Specifically, the theory may highlight stages of people's experience that are highly meaningful, critical, or susceptible to intervention. It may also delineate the conditions under which people are more or less likely to engage, more or likely to respond adaptively and more or less likely to express sustainable behaviours. Delineating the stages and conditions of individuals' experiences of climate change awareness will be very relevant and useful in navigating current and future challenges that humanity will face in response to climate change.The study will take 3 years to complete:1st year = begin conducting one-to-one, semi-structured interviews with participants, while engaging in concurrent coding and analysis and writing memos. Complete approx. 12 interviews and begin writing methods section by conclusion of first year. 2nd year = continue to simultaneously collect data, code, analyse and memo. Have completed approx. 30 interviews and 15 follow-up interviews by conclusion of second year. Have method section written and the theory integrated and held in memos, ready for write up3rd year = conduct and write literature review to place theory into wider research context and integrate existing concepts into theory, if relevant. Write up theory from memos.