Hopium or empowering hope? A meta-analysis of hope and climate engagement

ABSTRACT: Researchers are increasingly examining whether hope can motivate action on climate change, or conversely, whether it might demotivate such action. We present a meta-analysis (k = 46) of quantitative studies examining the relationships between measures and manipulations of hope with climate engagement. On average, measured hope was associated with greater climate engagement (r = 0.18); however, this effect differed based on the target of hope. Hope regarding the possibility of respondents taking action was particularly strongly associated with greater engagement (r = 0.40), while in contrast, hope grounded in climate change not being a problem was associated with less engagement (r = −0.40). Hope in response to climate change generally, and domain-general hope, were only weakly associated w

SUBMITTER: Geiger N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10465179 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature