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The Role of Future Orientation, Communitarianism, and Collective Efficacy in the American Public’s Climate Change Attitudes and Policy Support

Sat, May 27, 8:00 to 9:15, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, Floor: 2, Indigo 204B

Abstract

A better understanding of the reasons why the public supports policies to mitigate climate change can help design more effective campaigns to mobilize the public. Based on survey data collected from a U.S. consumer panel (N = 567), the present investigation found that the U.S. public’s support for climate change policies was predicted by their attitudes toward climate change actions and policies, collective efficacy, and their communitarian worldview. Attitudes, in turn, were predicted by the utilitarian motivation (i.e., perceived effectiveness), moral motivations, and collective efficacy. Further analysis showed that future orientation and belief certainty that climate change is happening positively predicted the utilitarian and moral motivations, and that future orientation and communitarian worldviews were positively associated with collective efficacy.

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