Climate anxiety, wellbeing and pro-environmental action: correlates of negative emotional responses to climate change in 32 countries

A. Ogunbode, Charles; Doran, Rouven; Hanss, Daniel; Ojala, Maria; Salmela‐Aro, Katariina; L. van den Broek, Karlijn; Bhullar, Navjot; D. Aquino, Sibele; Azevedo Marot, Tiago; Aitken Schermer, Julie; Włodarczyk, Anna; Lu, Su; Jiang, Feng; Acquadro Maran, Daniela; Yadav, Radha; Ardi, Rahkman; Chegeni, Razieh; Ghanbarian, Elahe; Zand, Somayeh; Najafi, Reza; Park, Joonha; Tsubakita, Takashi; Tan, Chee‐Seng; Chika Chukwuorji, JohnBosco; A. Ojewumi, Kehinde; Tahir, Hajra; Albzour, Mai; Eric S. Reyes, Marc; Lins, Samuel; Enea, Violeta; Volkodav, Tatiana; Sollár, Tomáš; Navarro‐Carrillo, Ginés; Torres‐Marín, Jorge; Mbungu, Winfred; H. Ayanian, Arin; Ghorayeb, Jihane; Onyutha, Charles; J. Lomas, Michael; Helmy, Mai; Martínez‐Buelvas, Laura; Bayad, Aydın; Karasu, Mehmet

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101887

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Climate anxiety, wellbeing and pro-environmental action: correlates of negative emotional responses to climate change in 32 countries

Published in Journal of Environmental Psychology • Oct 6, 2022

Authors:

Charles A. Ogunbode

Rouven Doran

Daniel Hanss

Abstract

This study explored the correlates of climate anxiety in a diverse range of national contexts. We analysed cross-sectional data gathered in 32 countries (N = 12,246). Our results show that climate anxiety is positively related to rate of exposure to information about climate change impacts, the amou...

Subject

Anxiety

Climate change

Psychology

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