Ogunbode, Charles A., Doran, Rouven, Hanss, Daniel, Ojala, Maria, Salmela-Aro, Katariina, van den Broek, Karlijn L., Bhullar, Navjot, Aquino, Sibele D., Marot, Tiago, Schermer, Julie Aitken, Wlodarczyk, Anna, Lu, Su, Jiang, Feng ORCID: 0000-0001-9762-5821, Maran, Daniela Acquadro, Yadav, Radha, Ardi, Rahkman, Chegeni, Razieh, Ghanbarian, Elahe, Zand, Somayeh, Najafi, Reza, Park, Joonha, Tsubakita, Takashi, Tan, Chee-Seng, Chukwuorji, JohnBosco Chika, Ojewumi, Kehinde Aderemi, Tahir, Hajra, Albzour, Mai, Reyes, Marc Eric S., Lins, Samuel, Enea, Violeta, Volkodav, Tatiana, Sollar, Tomas, Navarro-Carrillo, Ginés, Torres-Marín, Jorge, Mbungu, Winfred, Ayanian, Arin H., Ghorayeb, Jihane, Onyutha, Charles, Lomas, Michael J., Helmy, Mai, Martínez-Buelvas, Laura, Bayad, Aydin and Karasu, Mehmet (2022) Climate anxiety, wellbeing and pro-environmental action: correlates of negative emotional responses to climate change in 32 countries. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 84:101887. pp. 1-14. ISSN 0272-4944 (Print), 1522-9610 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101887)

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Abstract

This study explored the correlates of climate anxiety in a diverse range of national contexts. We analysed cross-sectional data gathered in 32 countries (N = 12,246). Our results show that climate anxiety is positively related to rate of exposure to information about climate change impacts, the amount of attention people pay to climate change information, and perceived descriptive norms about emotional responding to climate change. Climate anxiety was also positively linked to pro-environmental behaviours and negatively linked to mental wellbeing. Notably, climate anxiety had a significant inverse association with mental wellbeing in 31 out of 32 countries. In contrast, it had a significant association with pro-environmental behaviour in 24 countries, and with environmental activism in 12 countries. Our findings highlight contextual boundaries to engagement in environmental action as an antidote to climate anxiety, and the broad international significance of considering negative climate-related emotions as a plausible threat to wellbeing.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	climate change anxiety; climate change; wellbeing; pro-environmental behaviour; climate activism; emotions
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD61 Risk Management
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Business Faculty of Business > Centre for Work and Employment Research (CREW) Faculty of Business > Centre for Work and Employment Research (CREW) > Leadership & Organisational Behaviour Research Group (LOB) Faculty of Business > Department of Systems Management & Strategy
Last Modified:	05 Jul 2023 10:27
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/43133

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