Personal experience and the ‘psychological distance’ of climate change: An integrative review

By Rachel I. McDonald, H. Chai, Ben R. Newell. 2015

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science

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“Proximising” climate change reconsidered: A construal level theory perspective (2016, background): “…avenue of research and strongly encourage future studies to look more systematically at these interactions, for example, by conducting experiments where several dimensions are manipulated simultaneously (see also Kim, Zhang, & Li, 2008; McDonald et al., 2015; Zhang, He, Zhu, & Cheng, 2014).”
Climate visuals: A mixed methods investigation of public perceptions of climate images in three countries (2016, background): “…evidence regarding the impacts of highlighting local versus distant or global impacts of climate change on affect and issue engagement remains mixed (McDonald et al., 2015), and no research has carefully examined the importance of distance in the context of climate change imagery specifically.”
Attribution matters: Revisiting the link between extreme weather experience and climate change mitigation responses (2019, unknown): “by influencing the way people perceive the reality, immediacy and implications of climate change (McDonald et al., 2015).”
The nature, significance, and influence of perceived personal experience of climate change (2020, background): “In the context of their own research, other authors have also reviewed research findings addressing the nature, extent, and influence of ‘personal experience of climate change’ (e.g., Borick & Rabe, 2017; Hornsey et al., 2016; Howe et al., 2019; McDonald et al., 2015; Nielsen & D’haen, 2014; Ogunbod”
The Wellbeing Benefits Associated with Perceived and Measured Biodiversity in Australian Urban Green Spaces (2019, background): “Even when the public has a good understanding of environmental issues, the ‘psychological distance’ between many of these issues and their day-to-day lives limits most individuals’ willingness to take action [4].”