Personally Relevant Climate Change
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Abstract
To help mitigate the negative effects of climate change, citizens’ attitudes and behaviors must be better understood. However, little is known about which factors predict engagement with climate change, and which messaging strategies are most effective. A community sample of 324 residents from three regions in British Columbia read information either about a climate change impact relevant to their local area, a more global one, or, in a control condition, no message. Participants indicated the extent of their climate change engagement, the strength of their attachment to their local area, and demographic information. Three significant unique predictors of climate change engagement emerged: place attachment,…
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- Climate change
- Psychology
- Community engagement
- Sample (material)
- Social psychology
- Political economy of climate change
- Action (physics)
- Environmental resource management
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Climate action
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