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Patterns of climate-change coping among late adolescents: Differences in emotions concerning the future, moral responsibility, and climate-change engagement
Örebro University, School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences. (Center for Environmental and Sustainability Social Science (CESSS))ORCID iD: 0009-0007-0962-146X
Örebro University, School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences. (Center for Environmental and Sustainability Social Science (CESSS))ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6613-5974
2024 (English)In: Climatic Change, ISSN 0165-0009, E-ISSN 1573-1480, Vol. 177, no 8, article id 125Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Young people both are and will be greatly afected by climate change, an insight which can trigger a range of stressful emotions concerning the future. How young people copewith climate change as a stressor can be of importance for both moral responsibility and climate-change engagement. People often use a combination of coping strategies; however, the focus thus far has merely been on isolated coping strategies. Using a person-centered approach, the aim of this study was to examine: (1) patterns of climate-change coping among late adolescents and (2) if late adolescents characterized by unique patterns of coping difer regarding emotions concerning the future (worry, pessimism, optimism), moral responsibility, and climate-change engagement (outcome expectancy and climate-friendly food choices). A questionnaire study was conducted with 474 Swedish senior high-school students (16–22 years old, mean age: 17.91). A cluster analysis revealed three unique patterns of coping: The solution-oriented group (43%, high on problem- and meaning-focused coping), the avoidant group (33%, high on de-emphasizing and meaning-focused coping), and the uninvolved group (24%, low on all coping strategies). The solution-oriented group difered from the other two groups in reporting more climate-change worry, moral responsibility, outcome expectancy, and climate-friendly food choices. The uninvolved group reported more climate-change worry, moral responsibility, and climate-friendly food choices than the avoidant group, and the least optimism. The avoidant group was the least pessimistic. Our results reveal the importance of exploring patterns of climate-change coping to understand young people’s engagement concerning this global threat

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Springer, 2024. Vol. 177, no 8, article id 125
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Coping, Climate-change, Climate-change worry, Moral responsibility, Climate-friendly food choices, Pro-environmental behavior
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Psychology
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-114964DOI: 10.1007/s10584-024-03778-3ISI: 001274057200002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85199166300OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-114964DiVA, id: diva2:1885454
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Swedish Research Council Formas, 2017-00880Swedish Research Council, 2021-04607Örebro UniversityAvailable from: 2024-07-23 Created: 2024-07-23 Last updated: 2024-08-14Bibliographically approved

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