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Climate anxiety, wellbeing and pro-environmental action: Correlates of negative emotional responses to climate change in 32 countries
School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, UK.
Department of Psychosocial Science, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway.
Department of Social Sciences, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany.
Örebro University, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work. (Psykologi, CESSS (Center for Environmental and Sustainability Social Science); LEADER (Center for Lifespan Developmental Research))ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6613-5974
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2022 (English)In: Journal of Environmental Psychology, ISSN 0272-4944, E-ISSN 1522-9610, Vol. 84, article id 101887Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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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 inversely related to mental wellbeing. Notably, climate anxiety had a significant inverse association with mental wellbeing in 31 out of 32 countries, and with pro-environmental behaviour in 24 countries, it only predicted 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 negative climate-related emotions as a plausible threat to wellbeing.

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Academic Press, 2022. Vol. 84, article id 101887
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Climate change anxiety, Climate change, Wellbeing, Pro-environmental behaviour, Climate activism, Emotions
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-101699DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101887ISI: 000922803600001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85142198148OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-101699DiVA, id: diva2:1702028
Available from: 2022-10-09 Created: 2022-10-09 Last updated: 2023-03-03Bibliographically approved

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