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Emotions, worry, efficacy, and climate change–related sustainability behaviors among a representative sample of Texas and Florida residents

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  • Dana Rose Garfin

    (University of California, Los Angeles)

  • Michelle V. Zernick

    (University of California)

  • Gabrielle Wong-Parodi

    (Stanford University)

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Uptake and support of sustainable technologies that decrease greenhouse gas emissions are critical to mitigating climate change. Engagement in individual (e.g., eating less meat, electric car use) and collective (e.g., petition signing, donating money to environmental causes) sustainability behaviors may correlate with psychological factors including emotions, worry about climate change and natural hazards, and response efficacy. However, little research has explored these relationships in representative samples at high risk for climate-related hazard exposures (e.g., hurricanes, heatwaves, flooding). We assessed climate change-related sustainability behaviors in an ongoing, probability-based representative survey of 1479 Texas and Florida residents repeatedly exposed to climate-related hazards including hurricanes, heatwaves, flooding, and tornadoes. Controlling for demographics, behavior-related positive and negative emotions correlated with engagement in performing a greater number of collective-level sustainability behaviors (positive emotions: IRR = 2.06, p

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  • Dana Rose Garfin & Michelle V. Zernick & Gabrielle Wong-Parodi, 2024. "Emotions, worry, efficacy, and climate change–related sustainability behaviors among a representative sample of Texas and Florida residents," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 177(3), pages 1-28, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:climat:v:177:y:2024:i:3:d:10.1007_s10584-023-03658-2
    DOI: 10.1007/s10584-023-03658-2
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