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How do I feel when I think about taking action? Hope and boredom, not anxiety and helplessness, predict intentions to take climate action.
- ! How do I feel when I think about taking action? Hope and boredom, not anxiety and helplessness, predict intentions to take climate action.
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- pro-environmental behavior, climate action, affect, anticipatory emotions, hope, boredom
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<p>This research examines the extent to which four anticipatory emotional reactions (hope, anxiety, helplessness, and boredom) that arise when contemplating participating in public-sphere climate action predict intentions to engage in such action. In a large, geographically diverse sample of American adults visiting informal science learning centers (e.g., zoos, aquariums; N = 4964), stronger feelings of hope robustly predicted greater intentions to act (η<sup>2</sup><sub>p</sub> = .22, a large effect); whereas stronger feelings of boredom robustly predicted decreased intention to act (η<sup>2</sup><sub>p</sub> = .09, a medium effect). Both of these feelings had significantly more predictive power than political orientation (η<sup>2</sup><sub>p</sub> = .04, a small-to-medium effect). The extent to which respondents felt anxious or helpless was not strongly correlated with their intentions to take action (η<sup>2</sup><sub>p</sub>s ≈ 0.01, a small effect). These findings highlight the underexplored connection between how people feel when they contemplate taking climate action and their intentions to engage in such action.</p>
- This research examines the extent to which four anticipatory emotional reactions (hope, anxiety, helplessness, and boredom) that arise when contemplating participating in public-sphere climate action predict intentions to engage in such action. In a large, geographically diverse sample of American adults visiting informal science learning centers (e.g., zoos, aquariums; N = 4964), stronger feelings of hope robustly predicted greater intentions to act (η2p = .22, a large effect); whereas stronger feelings of boredom robustly predicted decreased intention to act (η2p= .09, a medium effect). Both of these feelings had significantly more predictive power than political orientation (η>p = .04, a small-to-medium effect). The extent to which respondents felt anxious or helpless was not strongly correlated with their intentions to take action (η2ps ≈ 0.01, a small effect). These findings highlight the underexplored connection between how people feel when they contemplate taking climate action and their intentions to engage in such action.
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May 24, 2023 10:46
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Work Title
! How do I feel when I think about taking action? Hope and boredom, not anxiety and helplessness, predict intentions to take climate action.
- How do I feel when I think about taking action? Hope and boredom, not anxiety and helplessness, predict intentions to take climate action.
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Updated Creator Karen Gasper
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