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  1. Article ; Online: False climate change narratives undermine health sector engagement.

    Edmondson, Donald / Pearson, Adam R / Salas, Renee N

    BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

    2022  Volume 379, Page(s) o2376

    MeSH term(s) Climate Change ; Humans ; Narration
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-10-12
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1362901-3
    ISSN 1756-1833 ; 0959-8154 ; 0959-8146 ; 0959-8138 ; 0959-535X ; 1759-2151
    ISSN (online) 1756-1833
    ISSN 0959-8154 ; 0959-8146 ; 0959-8138 ; 0959-535X ; 1759-2151
    DOI 10.1136/bmj.o2376
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  2. Article: Anger consensus messaging can enhance expectations for collective action and support for climate mitigation

    Sabherwal, Anandita / Pearson, Adam R. / Sparkman, Gregg

    Journal of environmental psychology. 2021 Aug., v. 76

    2021  

    Abstract: Media coverage of climate protests within the United States and internationally has shown growing public frustration about governmental responses to climate change. But what are the effects of conveying that people are angry? And how do they contrast ... ...

    Abstract Media coverage of climate protests within the United States and internationally has shown growing public frustration about governmental responses to climate change. But what are the effects of conveying that people are angry? And how do they contrast with more traditional norm messages about climate policy support? Here, we investigate whether social norm messaging about collective anger can impact perceptions of consensus and public support for climate mitigation. In a pilot study and two survey experiments (total N = 1529), we find that relative to control messages, normative appeals that convey growing public anger about U.S. inaction on climate change (i.e., dynamic anger consensus messaging) can enhance Americans' consensus estimates of other Americans' climate-related beliefs and support for mitigation policy, and expectations for future climate-mitigating collective action. Moreover, exposure to a dynamic anger consensus message led to similar estimates of Americans’ policy support and belief in climate change as messages that explicitly conveyed public support for climate mitigation (Study 1) or consensus belief in anthropogenic climate change (Study 2). When tailored for a cross-partisan audience, anger consensus messaging was also effective in bolstering personal support for climate mitigation (Study 2). Notably, similar effects were observed across partisan groups. These findings suggest that, by signaling shared motivational states, emotion consensus appeals can enhance expectations for social change, with the potential to mobilize bipartisan support for climate mitigation.
    Keywords climate ; climate change ; collective action ; environmental policy ; psychology ; social change ; surveys ; total nitrogen
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2021-08
    Publishing place Elsevier Ltd
    Document type Article
    ISSN 0272-4944
    DOI 10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101640
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  3. Article ; Online: Ethics, morality, and the psychology of climate justice.

    Pearson, Adam R / Tsai, Corinne G / Clayton, Susan

    Current opinion in psychology

    2021  Volume 42, Page(s) 36–42

    Abstract: Climate change is increasingly understood as a social justice issue by academics, policymakers, and the public; however, the nature of these perceptions and their implications for cooperation and decision-making have only recently begun to receive ... ...

    Abstract Climate change is increasingly understood as a social justice issue by academics, policymakers, and the public; however, the nature of these perceptions and their implications for cooperation and decision-making have only recently begun to receive empirical attention. We review emerging empirical work that suggests that morality and justice perceptions can serve as both a bridge and a barrier to cooperation around climate change and highlight two critical areas for future development, identifying psychological processes that promote and impede climate vulnerability and that enhance equity in the design and implementation of climate solutions. We argue that conceptualizing climate justice as a multidimensional process addressing both social and structural barriers can stimulate new psychological research and help align disparate approaches within the social sciences.
    MeSH term(s) Climate Change ; Humans ; Morals ; Social Justice
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-03-06
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2831565-0
    ISSN 2352-2518 ; 2352-250X ; 2352-250X
    ISSN (online) 2352-2518 ; 2352-250X
    ISSN 2352-250X
    DOI 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.03.001
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  4. Article ; Online: Climate change and health equity: A research agenda for psychological science.

    Pearson, Adam R / White, Kristi E / Nogueira, Leticia M / Lewis, Neil A / Green, Dorainne J / Schuldt, Jonathon P / Edmondson, Donald

    The American psychologist

    2023  Volume 78, Issue 2, Page(s) 244–258

    Abstract: Climate change poses unique and substantial threats to public health and well-being, from heat stress, flooding, and the spread of infectious disease to food and water insecurity, conflict, displacement, and direct health hazards linked to fossil fuels. ... ...

    Abstract Climate change poses unique and substantial threats to public health and well-being, from heat stress, flooding, and the spread of infectious disease to food and water insecurity, conflict, displacement, and direct health hazards linked to fossil fuels. These threats are especially acute for frontline communities. Addressing climate change and its unequal impacts requires psychologists to consider temporal and spatial dimensions of health, compound risks, as well as structural sources of vulnerability implicated by few other public health challenges. In this review, we consider climate change as a unique context for the study of health inequities and the roles of psychologists and health care practitioners in addressing it. We conclude by discussing the research infrastructure needed to broaden current understanding of these inequities, including new cross-disciplinary, institutional, and community partnerships, and offer six practical recommendations for advancing the psychological study of climate health equity and its societal relevance. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Health Equity ; Climate Change ; Public Health
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-03
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Review ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 209464-2
    ISSN 1935-990X ; 0003-066X
    ISSN (online) 1935-990X
    ISSN 0003-066X
    DOI 10.1037/amp0001074
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  5. Article ; Online: Cultural determinants of climate change opinion: familism predicts climate beliefs and policy support among US Latinos

    Pearson, Adam R. / Bacio, Guadalupe A. / Naiman, Sarah / Romero-Canyas, Rainer / Schuldt, Jonathon P.

    Climatic Change. 2021 July, v. 167, no. 1-2 p.11-11

    2021  

    Abstract: Research has identified familism, a cultural value reflecting the centrality and prioritization of the family, as a key psychosocial determinant of health risk-mitigation behavior among Latinos, a large and growing segment of the US public. In a national ...

    Abstract Research has identified familism, a cultural value reflecting the centrality and prioritization of the family, as a key psychosocial determinant of health risk-mitigation behavior among Latinos, a large and growing segment of the US public. In a national probability survey in which Latinos were oversampled, we explored whether familism predicts climate beliefs and policy preferences. Whereas political ideology and education predicted Whites’ climate change beliefs and support for mitigation policy, these factors were substantially weaker predictors of Latinos’ climate beliefs and policy support. In contrast, familism emerged as a robust predictor of Latinos’ climate-related beliefs and policy support. These findings generalized across different operationalizations of familism, including the use of family as a referent in decision-making (family-as-referent) and felt obligation to one’s family (familial obligation). We consider implications of relational values central to family for climate communication and advocacy.
    Keywords Latinos ; advocacy ; climate ; climate change ; decision making ; education ; environmental policy ; politics ; prioritization ; probability ; surveys
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2021-07
    Size p. 11.
    Publishing place Springer Netherlands
    Document type Article ; Online
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    ZDB-ID 751086-x
    ISSN 0165-0009
    ISSN 0165-0009
    DOI 10.1007/s10584-021-03165-2
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  6. Article: Does socioeconomic status moderate the political divide on climate change? The roles of education, income, and individualism

    Ballew, Matthew T / Goldberg, Matthew H / Leiserowitz, Anthony / Pearson, Adam R / Rosenthal, Seth A

    Global environmental change. 2020 Jan., v. 60

    2020  

    Abstract: Previous research documents that U.S. conservatives, and conservative white males in particular, tend to dismiss the threat of climate change more than others in the U.S. public. Other research indicates that higher education and income can each ... ...

    Abstract Previous research documents that U.S. conservatives, and conservative white males in particular, tend to dismiss the threat of climate change more than others in the U.S. public. Other research indicates that higher education and income can each exacerbate the dismissive tendencies of the political Right. Bridging these lines of research, the present study examines the extent to which higher education and/or income moderate the ideological divide and the “conservative white male effect” on several climate change opinions, and whether these effects are mediated by an individualistic worldview (e.g., valuing individual liberty and limited government). Using nationally representative survey data of U.S. adults from 2008 to 2017 (N = 20,024), we find that across all beliefs, risk perceptions, and policy preferences examined, the ideological divide strengthens with both higher education and higher income. However, educational attainment plays a stronger role than income in polarizing the views of conservative white males. Further analyses support the hypothesis that differences in individualism partially explain the increased political polarization among more educated and higher-income adults, as well as greater dismissiveness among conservative white males relative to other demographic groups. These results highlight key moderators of opinion polarization, as well as ideological differences among conservatives, that are often overlooked in public discourse about climate change. Implications for climate change education and communication across demographic groups are considered.
    Keywords adults ; attitudes and opinions ; climate change ; higher education ; income ; issues and policy ; male effect ; males ; politics ; risk perception ; socioeconomic status ; surveys ; United States
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2020-01
    Publishing place Elsevier Ltd
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 30436-0
    ISSN 1056-9367 ; 0959-3780
    ISSN 1056-9367 ; 0959-3780
    DOI 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.102024
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  7. Article ; Online: Nutrient-centrism and perceived risk of chronic disease.

    Schuldt, Jonathon P / Pearson, Adam R

    Journal of health psychology

    2015  Volume 20, Issue 6, Page(s) 899–906

    Abstract: This experiment explored consequences of two common lay theories about the diet-disease link: nutrient-centrism, the belief that nutrients (e.g. potassium) are crucial to staving off disease, and whole-food centrism, the belief that whole foods (e.g. ... ...

    Abstract This experiment explored consequences of two common lay theories about the diet-disease link: nutrient-centrism, the belief that nutrients (e.g. potassium) are crucial to staving off disease, and whole-food centrism, the belief that whole foods (e.g. bananas), containing these nutrients in their natural context, are most beneficial. Depicting an individual's diet in terms of nutrients rather than whole foods containing these nutrients reduced the perceived likelihood that the individual would experience leading diet-related diseases (e.g. heart disease, diabetes). Although nutrition experts increasingly emphasize the health benefits of natural whole foods, people nevertheless appear to privilege nutrients when estimating disease risks.
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Adult ; Chronic Disease/psychology ; Female ; Food ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Humans ; Male ; Risk ; Young Adult
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-06
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2021897-7
    ISSN 1461-7277 ; 1359-1053
    ISSN (online) 1461-7277
    ISSN 1359-1053
    DOI 10.1177/1359105315573446
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  8. Article ; Online: When does deprivation motivate future-oriented thinking? The case of climate change.

    Pearson, Adam R / van der Linden, Sander

    The Behavioral and brain sciences

    2017  Volume 40, Page(s) e336

    Abstract: Pepper & Nettle overstate cross-domain evidence of present-oriented thinking among lower-socioeconomic-status (SES) groups and overlook key social and contextual drivers of temporal decision making. We consider psychological research on climate change - ... ...

    Abstract Pepper & Nettle overstate cross-domain evidence of present-oriented thinking among lower-socioeconomic-status (SES) groups and overlook key social and contextual drivers of temporal decision making. We consider psychological research on climate change - a quintessential intertemporal problem that implicates inequities and extrinsic mortality risk - documenting more future-oriented thinking among low- compared to high-SES groups.
    MeSH term(s) Climate Change ; Decision Making ; Forecasting ; Social Class ; Thinking
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-11-21
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 423721-3
    ISSN 1469-1825 ; 0140-525X
    ISSN (online) 1469-1825
    ISSN 0140-525X
    DOI 10.1017/S0140525X17001066
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  9. Article: The role of race and ethnicity in climate change polarization: evidence from a U.S. national survey experiment

    Schuldt, Jonathon P / Pearson, Adam R

    Climatic change. 2016 June, v. 136, no. 3-4

    2016  

    Abstract: Research suggests that public divides on climate change may often be rooted in identity processes, driven in part by a motivation to associate with others with similar political and ideological views. In a large split-ballot national survey experiment of ...

    Abstract Research suggests that public divides on climate change may often be rooted in identity processes, driven in part by a motivation to associate with others with similar political and ideological views. In a large split-ballot national survey experiment of 2041 U.S. adults, we explored the role of a non-partisan identity—racial/ethnic majority and minority status—in climate change opinion, in addition to respondents’ political orientation (i.e., ideology and party affiliation). Specifically, we examined respondents’ climate beliefs and policy support, identification with groups that support environmental causes (“environmentalists”), and the sensitivity of these beliefs to other factors known to predict issue polarization (political orientation and issue framing). Results revealed that across all opinion metrics, non-Whites’ views were less politically polarized than those of Whites and were unaffected by exposure to different ways of framing the issue (as “global warming” versus “climate change”). Moreover, non-Whites were reliably less likely to self-identify as environmentalists compared to Whites, despite expressing existence beliefs and support for regulating greenhouse gases at levels comparable to Whites. These findings suggest that racial and ethnic identities can shape core climate change beliefs in previously overlooked ways. We consider implications for public outreach and climate science advocacy.
    Keywords Whites ; adults ; advocacy ; climate ; global warming ; greenhouse gases ; issues and policy ; motivation ; national surveys ; outreach ; politics ; United States
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2016-06
    Size p. 495-505.
    Publishing place Springer Netherlands
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 751086-x
    ISSN 0165-0009
    ISSN 0165-0009
    DOI 10.1007/s10584-016-1631-3
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  10. Article ; Online: Social Climate Science: A New Vista for Psychological Science.

    Pearson, Adam R / Schuldt, Jonathon P / Romero-Canyas, Rainer

    Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science

    2016  Volume 11, Issue 5, Page(s) 632–650

    Abstract: The recent Paris Agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions, adopted by 195 nations at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, signaled unprecedented commitment by world leaders to address the human social aspects of climate change. Indeed, ... ...

    Abstract The recent Paris Agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions, adopted by 195 nations at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, signaled unprecedented commitment by world leaders to address the human social aspects of climate change. Indeed, climate change increasingly is recognized by scientists and policymakers as a social issue requiring social solutions. However, whereas psychological research on intrapersonal and some group-level processes (e.g., political polarization of climate beliefs) has flourished, research into other social processes-such as an understanding of how nonpartisan social identities, cultural ideologies, and group hierarchies shape public engagement on climate change-has received substantially less attention. In this article, we take stock of current psychological approaches to the study of climate change to explore what is "social" about climate change from the perspective of psychology. Drawing from current interdisciplinary perspectives and emerging empirical findings within psychology, we identify four distinct features of climate change and three sets of psychological processes evoked by these features that are fundamentally social and shape both individual and group responses to climate change. Finally, we consider how a more nuanced understanding of the social underpinnings of climate change can stimulate new questions and advance theory within psychology.
    MeSH term(s) Climate Change ; Group Processes ; Humans ; Politics ; Psychology ; Social Behavior
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-09
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2224911-4
    ISSN 1745-6924 ; 1745-6916
    ISSN (online) 1745-6924
    ISSN 1745-6916
    DOI 10.1177/1745691616639726
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