"Risk perception"

Social Identity and Risk Perception Explain Participation in the Swiss Youth Climate Strikes

Since late 2018, young people around the world have united to demand greater action on climate change. Aside from their stated concerns and demands, however, very little is known about why young people have been joining this growing movement. Using a …

``Proximising'' Climate Change Reconsidered: A Construal Level Theory Perspective

Reducing the psychological distance of climate change has repeatedly been proposed as one strategy to increase individuals' motivation to respond to climate change. From the perspective of construal level theory, decreasing psychological distance …