Climate change action as a project of identity: Eight meta-analyses |
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Institution: | 1. Institute of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway;2. Institute of Psychology, University of Leipzig, Germany;3. Department of Education, Experimental Psychology Laboratory, Roma Tre University, Italy;4. Department of Human Science, European University of Rome, Italy |
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Abstract: | Identity can improve our understanding of personal climate action, particularly when climate action becomes an expression of a person’s self. However, it is unclear which kind of self or identity is most relevant. Building on a comprehensive series of eight meta-analyses (using data from 188 published articles, N = 414,282 participants) this research systematically compares how strongly climate-friendly intentions and behaviors are associated with place identity, personal connectedness to nature, environmental self-identity (i.e., personal self-definition as a pro-environmentally acting person), and social identity (i.e., identification with social groups). Results suggest robust, medium-sized to strong links of both pro-environmental intentions and behaviors to people’s nature connectedness (r = 0.44/0.52), environmental self-identity (r = 0.62/0.56), and identification with groups considered to support climate-friendly behavior (r = 0.48/0.51), but markedly weaker effects for identification with groups which are unrelated to environmental topics (r = 0.30/0.15) and for place identity (r = 0.18/0.32). Implications for policy interventions and psychological theory are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Identity Climate change mitigation Climate-friendly behavior Social identity Place identity Connectedness to nature Environmental identity Pro-environmental behavior |
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