Collective guilt mediates the effect of beliefs about global warming on willingness to engage in mitigation behavior

By Mark A Ferguson, N. Branscombe. 2010

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Is climate change an ethical issue? Examining young adults’ beliefs about climate and morality (2012, result): “…can perhaps help us to explain some of the present results, other recent theories and findings are already being used to explain and predict other, related aspects of non-experts’ climate change (moral) belief systems (cf., Feinberg and Willer 2011; Feygina et al. 2010; Markowitz and Shariff 2012).”
Environmentally friendly consumer choices: Cultural differences in the self-regulatory function of anticipated pride and guilt (2014, unknown): “…Leach, & Kessler, 2013) and guilt (Arvola et al., 2008; Bamberg, Hunecke,& Bl€obaum, 2007; Bamberg & M€oser, 2007; Carrus, Passafaro, & Bonnes, 2008; Ferguson & Branscombe, 2010; Harth et al., 2013; Kaiser, Schultz, Berenguer, Corral-Verdugo, & Tankha, 2008; Verhoef, 2005) are associated with…”
Climate change and moral judgement (2012, unknown): “…guilt may increase self-reported willingness to engage in actions to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions (for example, using efficient light bulbs) 42 , other findings point to the powerful role that positive (moral) emotions — including hope, pride and gratitude — play in driving support for…”
Experiences of pride, not guilt, predict pro-environmental behavior when pro-environmental descriptive norms are more positive (2016, background): “…the role of emotions in shaping individuals’ decisions to act in environmentally friendly ways (BissingOlson, Iyer, Fielding, & Zacher, 2013; Ferguson & Branscombe, 2010; Halpenny, 2010; Harth, Leach, & Kessler, 2013; Koenig-Lewis, Palmer, Dermody, & Urbye, 2014; Onwezen, Antonides, &…”
Eco-Guilt Motivates Eco-Friendly Behavior (2012, unknown): “Ferguson and Branscombe (2010) provide initial support for extending this idea to the environmental domain by showing that if people believe that humans cause global warming then they report feeling guilty for the behavior of humans as a group, and this collective eco-guilt predicts willingness to…”
Emotions predict policy support: Why it matters how people feel about climate change (2018, background): “Current research shows that emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt can motivate climate change action (Bamberg and Möser, 2007; Bissing-Olson et al., 2016; Ferguson and Branscombe, 2010; Harth et al., 2013; Lu and Schuldt, 2016; Mallett et al., 2013; Rees et al., 2015).”
Bearing worlds: learning to live-with climate change (2019, background): “Climate change engagement efforts have often sought to induce feelings of guilt as it has been thought that guilt motivates mitigative action (Markowitz and Shariff 2012; Markowitz 2012; Ferguson and Branscombe 2010).”
Don't be satisfied, identify! Strengthening positive spillover by connecting pro-environmental behaviors to an “environmentalist” label (2016, background): “…2012), and being reminded of how one’s ingroup is involved in environmental degradation leads to feelings of guilt, which in turn predicts willingness to repair damage caused by the group, to conserve energy, or even to pay green taxes (Ferguson & Branscombe, 2010; Harth, Leach, & Kessler, 2013).”