Personally Relevant Climate Change

By L. Scannell, R. Gifford. 2013

545 citations recorded by the source corpus.

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

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In Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

1. John M. Zelenski
2. C. Capaldi
3. R. Dopko
4. Andreas Nilsson
5. Karine Lacroix
6. Z. Janet Yang
7. L. Rickard
8. Rachel Bragg

In Sociology and Political Science

1. C. Capaldi
2. R. Dopko
3. John M. Zelenski
4. Andreas Nilsson
5. L. Rickard
6. Karine Lacroix
7. Z. Janet Yang
8. Rachel Bragg

Citations in the corpus

• Personal and social factors that influence pro-environmental concern and behaviour: a review. (2014, background): “Students enrolled in a Canadian university environmental education (EE) program had significantly greater environmental knowledge, verbal commitment and actual commitment than similar students who were not enrolled in the EE program (Gifford, Hay, & Boros, 1982–83).”
• Age and connection to nature: when is engagement critical? (2019, result): “This is consistent with previous findings that females tend to be associated with higher degrees of pro-environmental concerns, attitudes, and behaviors (Scannell and Gifford 2013).”
• Does reduced psychological distance increase climate engagement? On the limits of localizing climate change (2018, background): “For instance, Scannell and Gifford (2013) randomly assigned a sample of British Columbia residents to view a poster containing information about local or global impacts from climate change; in the local condition, the message depicted impacts relevant to the participants’ specific locale (e.g.,…”
• Environmental psychology matters. (2014, background): “In some studies, women report stronger environmental attitudes, concerns, and behaviors than men (e.g., Scannell & Gifford 2013).”
• The relationship between nature connectedness and happiness: a meta-analysis (2014, background): “Age and gender were analyzed as moderators because being older and being female tend to be associated with higher environmental concern, attitudes, and behaviors (e.g., Grønhøj and Thøgersen, 2009; Scannell and Gifford, 2013).”
• Psychological Barriers to Energy Conservation Behavior: The Role of Worldviews and Climate Change Risk Perception (2018, background): “Furthermore, climate change information should be personally relevant and linked to individual concern and perceived barriers to increase public acceptance of, and demand for, climate policies and programs (Gifford, 2011; Lorenzoni et al., 2007; Scannell & Gifford, 2011).”