The psychological distance of climate change is overestimated

AM Van Valkengoed, L Steg, G Perlaviciute - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
It is widely assumed that psychological distance (PD) is a major barrier to climate action:
many people are not motivated to act because they perceive climate change as affecting …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of the psychological distance of climate change: Towards the development of an evidence-based construct

E Keller, JE Marsh, BH Richardson, LJ Ball - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The construct of psychological distance has gained traction as an explanation of why climate
change is difficult to act on; it often feels far removed, with impacts arising in remote …

Anxiety and Worry about Six Categories of Climate Change Impacts

AE Stewart, HE Chapman, JBL Davis - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The occurrence of severe and extreme weather events that have been attributed to a
changed climate system and the widespread dissemination of the impacts of these events in …

Multi-decadal climate services help farmers assess and manage future risks

Y Malakar, S Snow, A Fleming, S Fielke, E Jakku… - Nature Climate …, 2024 - nature.com
Climate services can support on-farm decisions, yet this potential is currently not fully
realized. Here, using a participatory qualitative risk analysis framework, we introduced 24 …

CSR communication in hospitality: Fostering hotel guests' climate (change) engagement

Y Tao, C Wang, TC Zhang, L Zhai, Y Gao… - Journal of Hospitality and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study aimed to explore effective corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication
strategies to increase hotel guests' engagement in climate change initiatives. Utilizing …

Climate change communication and engagement with older people in England

B Latter - Frontiers in Communication, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Although an important and influential demographic, older people have largely been
forgotten about in the field of climate change communication and engagement. Despite the …

Addiction or social need: towards a model to predict smoking cessation intentions

MA Saleem, A Shafiq, H Afzal, A Khalid… - Journal of Social …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify which social and psychological factors better
determine intentions to quit smoking to inform public health policy. Design/methodology …

«Let's Go Deep into the Game to Save Our Planet!» How an Immersive and Educational Video Game Reduces Psychological Distance and Raises Awareness

VL Bekoum Essokolo, E Robinot - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Climate change appears to be the ecological issue which benefits from the most attention in
the literature, compared to equally alarming situations such as plastic pollution. In fact, waste …

Descriptive or injunctive? The effect of sustainable normative appeals and advertising orientations on environmentally responsible consumption behavior in a …

K Jiang, S Mo, M Qin - Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2024 - Elsevier
This research investigates the relationship between sustainable normative appeals and
advertising orientations on environmentally responsible consumption behavior from a …

From concern to action: the role of psychological distance in attitude towards environmental issues

YT Tang, WT Chooi - Current Psychology, 2023 - Springer
Environmental issues are major global risks that call for urgent pro-environmental actions.
The current literature suggested that many perceive environmental issues as …