This research examines the extent to which four anticipatory emotional reactions (hope, anxiety, helplessness, and boredom) that arise when contemplating participating in public-sphere climate action predict intentions to engage in such action. In a large, geographically diverse sample of American adults visiting informal science learning centers (e.g., zoos, aquariums; N = 4964), stronger feelings of hope robustly predicted greater intentions to act (η²_p = .22, a large effect); whereas stronger feelings of boredom robustly predicted decreased intention to act (η²_p = .09, a medium effect). Both of these feelings had significantly more predictive power than political orientation (η²_p = .04, a small-to-medium effect). The extent to which respondents felt anxious or helpless was not strongly correlated with their intentions to take action (η²_ps ≈ 0.01, a small effect). These findings highlight the underexplored connection between how people feel when they contemplate taking climate action and their intentions to engage in such action.

本研究考察了在考虑参与公共领域气候行动时出现的四种预期情绪反应（希望、焦虑、无助和无聊）对参与此类行动​​的意图的预测程度。在访问非正式科学学习中心（例如，动物园、水族馆；N = 4964）的美国成年人的大量地理多样化样本中，更强的希望强烈地预测了更大的行动意图（η ² _p  = .22，大效应）；而更强烈的无聊感有力地预测了行动意愿的降低（η ² _p  = .09，中等效应）。与政治倾向相比，这两种感觉都具有明显更强的预测能力（η ² _p = .04，中小效果）。受访者感到焦虑或无助的程度与他们采取行动的意图无关（η ² _p s ≈ 0.01，影响很小）。这些发现强调了人们在考虑采取气候行动时的感受与他们参与此类行动​​的意图之间的联系尚未得到充分探索。