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Understanding the psychological distance of climate change: The limitations of construal level theory and suggestions for alternative theoretical perspectives
Global Environmental Change ( IF 8.9 ) Pub Date : 2019-12-02 , DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.102023
Adrian Brügger

Many perceive climate change to be more relevant to distant places, future times, and other people than to the here and now and oneself. This perception has sparked interest in construal level theory (CLT) as a framework to understand how the public sees climate change, and how the subjective psychological distance at which people mentally represent objects affects their decisions and actions. Although at first CLT may appear to be the ideal lens through which to investigate psychological distance, I argue that applications of the theory in explaining and predicting climate change (in)action are limited. Researchers have sometimes used CLT in ways inconsistent with its original articulation; namely, (1) when claiming that psychological distant events are less personally relevant than close events; (2) when treating psychological distance as a stable individual belief; and (3) when speculating about what happens when such beliefs change. This article identifies places where research diverges from the scope of CLT, and suggests alternative perspectives that are theoretically better suited to investigating some important and common questions. As a constructive plea for theoretically rigorous research projects and practical work, this article outlines directions for future research that should help advance the field's understanding of psychological distance in the context of climate change and make interventions more effective.



中文翻译:

理解气候变化的心理距离:解释水平理论的局限性和其他理论观点的建议

许多人认为气候变化与遥远的地方,未来的时间和其他人的关系要比与现在,现在和自己的关系更大。这种认识激发了人们对建构水平理论(CLT)的兴趣,该框架是一种理解公众如何看待气候变化以及人们心理上代表物体的主观心理距离如何影响其决策和行动的框架。尽管起初CLT似乎是研究心理距离的理想镜头,但我认为该理论在解释和预测气候变化(无作用)中的应用是有限的。研究人员有时以与原始表达方式不一致的方式使用CLT。即:(1)当声称远距离心理事件与近距离事件相比对个人的影响较小时;(2)将心理距离视为稳定的个人信念时;(3)在推测这种信念发生变化时会发生什么。本文确定了研究与CLT的范围有所不同的地方,并提出了理论上更适合于研究一些重要和常见问题的替代观点。作为对理论上严格的研究项目和实际工作的建设性呼吁,本文概述了未来研究的方向,这些方向应有助于在气候变化的背景下增进该领域对心理距离的理解,并使干预措施更加有效。并提出理论上更适合研究一些重要和常见问题的替代观点。作为对理论上严格的研究项目和实际工作的建设性呼吁,本文概述了未来研究的方向,这些方向应有助于在气候变化的背景下增进该领域对心理距离的理解,并使干预措施更加有效。并提出理论上更适合研究一些重要和常见问题的替代观点。作为对理论上严格的研究项目和实际工作的建设性呼吁,本文概述了未来研究的方向,这些方向应有助于在气候变化的背景下增进该领域对心理距离的理解,并使干预措施更加有效。

更新日期:2019-12-02
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