The Psychological Distance of Climate Change
University of Nottingham · Cardiff University
Abstract
Avoiding dangerous climate change is one of the most urgent social risk issues we face today and understanding related public perceptions is critical to engaging the public with the major societal transformations required to combat climate change. Analyses of public perceptions have indicated that climate change is perceived as distant on a number of different dimensions. However, to date there has been no in-depth exploration of the psychological distance of climate change. This study uses a nationally representative British sample in order to systematically explore and characterize each of the four theorized dimensions of psychological distance--temporal, social, and geographical distance, and…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 70.02
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 59
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3Topics & keywords
- Climate change
- Construal level theory
- Perception
- Preparedness
- Social distance
- Risk perception
- Psychology
- Social psychology