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Experimental evidence for a dual pathway model analysis of coping with the climate crisis

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van Zomeren, Martijn, Spears, Russell, Leach, Colin Wayne·2010·Journal of Environmental Psychology
DOI 10.1016/j.jenvp.2010.02.006
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  • Confidence enables high-efficacy individuals to interpret climate threats not as paralyzing, but as challenges that they can help resolve-thus transforming concern into proactive engagement.

    “Their confidence enables them to interpret climate threats not as paralyzing, but as challenges that they can help resolve—thus transforming concern into proactive engagement [44].”

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    The Abstract and §7.1 report that group efficacy beliefs increase environmental action intentions, supporting the link between confidence in collective action and engagement. But §7.1 says group efficacy is not required for fear to motivate action; the paper does not establish that high-efficacy individuals reinterpret climate threats as challenges or that confidence transforms concern into action. Page numbers were not supplied in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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van Zomeren, M., Spears, R., & Leach, C. W.
Affiliations
  • Cardiff University (GB)
  • University of Connecticut (US)
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Venue
Journal of Environmental Psychology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-12
Volume
30
Issue
4
Pages
339-346
ISSN
0272-4944 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jenvp.2010.02.006
OpenAlex
W2145439482
Cited by
248
References
8
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FWCI
19.37
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of Environmental Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Keywords
climate crisis, dual-pathway model, fear appeals, emotion-focused coping, problem-focused coping, climate change communication

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