Increasing climate efficacy is not a surefire means to promoting climate commitment

Autor:	Aishlyn Angill-Williams, Colin J. Davis
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Philosophy climate change Natural resource economics Perception media_common.quotation_subject efficacy Climate commitment Climate change Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Psychology (miscellaneous) Psychology climate communication media_common
Zdroj:	Angill-Williams, A & Davis, C J 2021, ' Increasing Climate Efficacy is Not a Surefire Means to Promoting Climate Commitment ', Thinking and Reasoning . https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2021.1979651
ISSN:	1464-0708 1354-6783
DOI:	10.1080/13546783.2021.1979651
Popis:	People’s perception of their own efficacy is a critical precursor for adaptive behavioural responses to the threat posed by climate change. The present study investigated whether components of climate efficacy could be enhanced by short video messages. An online study (N=161) compared groups of participants who received messages focusing on individual or collective behaviour. Relative to a control group, these groups showed increased levels of response efficacy but not self-efficacy. However, this did not translate to increased climate commitment; mediation analysis suggested that the video messages, while increasing efficacy, may also have had a counterproductive effect on behavioural intentions, possibly by reducing the perceived urgency of action. This finding reinforces the challenge faced by climate communicators seeking to craft a message that boosts efficacy and simultaneously motivates adaptive responses to the climate crisis.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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