Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)
Keywords
climate change, psychology, mental health, mitigation and adaptation, climate policy
Document Type
Disciplinary Development
Abstract
The public's psychological reactions to climate change, including cognition, attitude, emotions, and affects, are important psychological antecedents to their participation in the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change crisis. As a result, tracking, monitoring, and learning about these individuals' psychological reactions to climate change would lay the foundation for climate change education, mass media communication, and successful implementation of climate policies. The current study systematically summarizes the multi-dimensional factors influencing individuals' psychological reactions to climate change, and proposes suggestions for the development of psychological research on climate change and for climate actions. Hopefully, this study would raise the awareness of psychologists, climate scientists, and the governments on the application of public psychological reactions and the discipline of psychology to climate practices, facilitating the construction of a climate-resilient society where everybody contributes.
First page
1197
Last Page
1211
Language
Chinese
Publisher
Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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SUN, Yan; CHEN, Xuefeng; GONG, Yuanchao; TIAN, Jianchi; JI, Zeyu; LI, Yang; GUO, Hongyan; HAN, Jin; and ZHANG, Linxiu
(2023)
"Progress and development suggestions for psychological research on climate change,"
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.20230610001
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