The impact of anxiety and intolerance of uncertainty on climate change distress, policy support, and pro-environmental behaviour.

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Objectives

As the threat of climate change continues to grow, bolstering individual-level support for climate change initiatives is crucial. More research is needed to better understand how individual difference factors, such as climate change anxiety and intolerance of uncertainty (IU), may shape how people perceive climate change and respond to climate change messaging. To date, the majority of published studies have not taken these individual difference factors into consideration, and IU has been particularly neglected in the climate change literature. This study examined the independent effects of climate change anxiety and IU on three climate change-related outcomes: climate-related distress, support for climate change policies, and behavioural engagement.

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SUBMITTER: Goldwert D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11168247 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature