A psychological network approach to engagement with climate change In Dutch youth
Whether young people engage with climate change is determined by a variety of (psychological) constructs, such as their interest in the topic, perceived distance to climate change, their perceived self-efficacy concerning climate change mitigation as well as (self-reported) pro-environmental behavior. In the current study, we employed a psychometric network approach to map the relationships between psychological climate change-related constructs of 436 Dutch youth (16- to 24-year-olds), including a measure of actual behavioral engagement. Communities of positively related constructs formed wit... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | posted-content |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2024 |
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Center for Open Science
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Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26692625 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/uxafk |
Whether young people engage with climate change is determined by a variety of (psychological) constructs, such as their interest in the topic, perceived distance to climate change, their perceived self-efficacy concerning climate change mitigation as well as (self-reported) pro-environmental behavior. In the current study, we employed a psychometric network approach to map the relationships between psychological climate change-related constructs of 436 Dutch youth (16- to 24-year-olds), including a measure of actual behavioral engagement. Communities of positively related constructs formed within the network — meaning that someone experiencing higher levels of self-efficacy is also more hopeful in the light of climate change. Climate change knowledge only plays a peripheral role in the network. Self-efficacy was directly linked with behavioral engagement and was the most central (i.e., influential) construct, linking the different communities, making it a potential target for interventions aimed at stimulating climate change engagement.