Modelling associations between mortality salience, environmental concerns, and climate change risk perception in the context of the pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The pandemic and climate change are mortality salience triggers. Environmental issues, attitudes, and climate change risk perceptions were hypothesised to impact how individuals perceived the threat of COVID-19 and climate change during the pandemic. The study explored: 1.) the associations between seeing a link between COVID-19 and climate change and environmental concerns; 2.) the associations between mortality salience and environmental concerns; 3.) the associations between feeling less worried during the pandemic and environmental concerns; and 4.) what these associations tell us about the relationship between mortality salience, the perceived link between COVID-19 and climate change, and feeling less worried during the pandemic. A sample of 665 respondents was achieved from an online

SUBMITTER: Marais-Potgieter A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11387376 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature