Social identities, climate change denial, and efficacy beliefs as predictors of pro-environmental engagements

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dc.contributor.authorKiral Ucar, Gozde
dc.contributor.authorYalcin, Meral Gezici
dc.contributor.authorPlanali, Gamze Ozdemir
dc.contributor.authorReese, Gerhard
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:26:52Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:26:52Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractClimate change is a large-scale environmental crisis humanity faces. However, research shows that a considerable amount of people deny climate change. In this research, we suggest a social identity perspective on how climate change denial may exert its effects on pro-environmental engagements. To do so, we conducted a crosssectional survey (N = 361) in which we assessed different (social) identities, efficacy beliefs, climate change denial, and pro-environmental actions. Results suggest that while environmentalist and global identities significantly predicted climate change denial, country identity did not. Environmentalist and country identities predicted collective efficacy, however, only environmentalist identity predicted participatory efficacy. Private pro-environmental behaviour was positively predicted by environmentalist and country identities; participation in collective action was positively predicted by environmentalist identity and negatively predicted by country identity. In addition, identification with environmentalist and global identities was positively associated with collective action through climate change denial and also participatory efficacy belief. These findings suggest that our consideration of climate change and behavioural choices might be shaped by our social environment.
dc.description.sponsorshipDAAD [91820774]
dc.description.sponsorshipAnalysis and interpretation of data; writing of the report and prep-aration of the article were realized during the first author's visit to Germany on a DAAD fellowship (Research Stays for University Aca-demics and Scientists; Personal ref. no.: 91820774) .
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102144
dc.identifier.issn0272-4944
dc.identifier.issn1522-9610
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85172481456
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102144
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/22475
dc.identifier.volume91
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001097980500001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAcademic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Environmental Psychology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectSocial identity
dc.subjectClimate change denial
dc.subjectEfficacy beliefs
dc.subjectPro-environmental behaviour
dc.subjectCollective action
dc.titleSocial identities, climate change denial, and efficacy beliefs as predictors of pro-environmental engagements
dc.typeArticle

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