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RISK ANALYSIS
卷 43, 期 6, 页码 1162-1173出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/risa.14026
关键词
attitude to mitigation; climate change knowledge; efficacy
The theory that climate change apathy is caused by inadequate knowledge does not fully explain why informed and concerned individuals fail to take action. This study found that self-efficacy for climate change acts as a mediator between specific climate change knowledge and attitude towards mitigation. Risk communication interventions that provide climate change information and develop efficacy for mitigation behavior can motivate pro-environmental attitudes.
Theories proposing climate change apathy is explained by inadequate knowledge do not account for why many informed and concerned Americans fail to act. While correlations between knowledge, efficacy for climate change, and attitude to mitigation have been observed, few studies have examined efficacy for climate change as a mediator. This study aimed to investigate the influence of specific climate change knowledge on attitude to mitigation via efficacy beliefs. A cross-sectional survey of 205 US adults recruited from Amazon's Mechanical Turk assessed participants' climate change knowledge, efficacy for climate change, and attitude to mitigation. Indirect effects of self-efficacy for climate change were observed in three mediation models, suggesting efficacy for climate change explains some of the relationship between specific climate change knowledge and attitude to mitigation. The findings suggest risk communication can motivate pro-environmental attitudes with interventions that deliver information about climate change and develop efficacy for mitigation behavior.
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