Climate Change From a Distance: An Analysis of Construal Level and Psychological Distance From Climate Change

The public perception of climate change as abstract and distant may undermine climate action. According to construal level theory, whether a phenomenon is perceived as psychologically distant or close is associated with whether it is construed as abstract or concrete, respectively. Previous work has...

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Main Authors: Susie Wang, Mark J. Hurlstone, Zoe Leviston, Iain Walker, Carmen Lawrence
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00230/full