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- Asutay, Erkin, et al.
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Affective responses drive the impact neglect in sustainable behavior
- 2023
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Ingår i: iScience. - : CELL PRESS. - 2589-0042. ; 26:11
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We need unparalleled human behavioral changes to mitigate the effects of climate change. However, recent studies suggest that people are not good at identifying mitigative behaviors that are effective in reducing carbon emissions. Thus, even when there is an intention to engage in climate action, people are not necessarily making the most effective choices. This suggests that there is an impact of neglecting in evaluative judgments about mitigative behaviors. Here, using an online survey (N = 555), we show that people have a rather poor understanding of the mitigation potential of human behaviors, and both impact judgments and the likelihood of adoption of mitigative behaviors are largely influenced by emotional processes. These findings have potential implications for how to motivate impactful climate action in the future and point toward the importance to fully understand how affect and emotions influence impact judgments and pro-environmental behavior.
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- Karlsson, Hulda, et al.
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A causal link between mental imagery and affect-laden perception of climate change related risks
- 2023
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Ingår i: Scientific Reports. - : NATURE PORTFOLIO. - 2045-2322. ; 13:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Previous studies have shed light on the importance of affect in risk perception and the role of mental imagery in generating affect. In the current study, we explore the causal relationship between mental imagery, affect, and risk perception by systematically varying the level of mental imagery in three levels (i.e., enhanced, spontaneous, or prevented). In light of the increasing environmental risk of adverse events caused by climate change, we operationalize risk as participants perceived risk of climate change. One-thousand-fifty-five participants were recruited online and randomized to one of three levels of mental imagery. As predicted, we found a causal link between the level of mental imagery, affective experience, and perceived risk of climate change, in that enhanced mental imagery caused a larger decrease in positive affective valence and a larger increase in perceived risk of climate change. We argue that mental imagery enhances the negative affect associated with the risk event by creating a perceptual experience that mimics seeing the environmental risk events.
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- Karlsson, Hulda, et al.
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Unit Asking - a method for increasing donations: A replication and extension
- 2020
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Ingår i: Judgment and Decision Making. - Tallahassee, FL, United States : SOC JUDGMENT & DECISION MAKING. - 1930-2975. ; 15:6, s. 989-993
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We replicate and extend unit asking - a method to increase donations by first asking donors for their willingness to donate for one unit and then asking for donations for multiple units (Hsee, Zhang & Xu, 2013) We conducted a large scale replication and extension using a 2 (unit asking, control) x 3 (domains; children (original), animals, environment) between-subjects design. Across three domains, we find that unit asking increased donations, suggesting that this method can be used to increase giving to different charitable causes.
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- Malmquist, Anna, et al.
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Elderly Peoples Perceptions of Heat Stress and Adaptation to Heat : An Interview Study
- 2022
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Ingår i: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. - : MDPI. - 1661-7827 .- 1660-4601. ; 19:7
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objectives: Heatwaves are having a disproportionate impact on the elderly population, as demonstrated by pronounced mortality and morbidity. The present study aimed to explore elders subjective experiences of heat impacts and adaptive strategies. Methods: Semi-structured interviews with 19 elderly Swedes were conducted, focusing on their experiences of the extremely hot summer of 2018. Results: Most informants suffered during the heatwave, although some found it pleasant. The readiness to implement adaptive measures was generally high among the healthiest, who were able to avoid excessive heat and adjust their daily routines. In contrast, those highly dependent on care from others had limited options for avoiding the heat, and little capacity to take up adaptive measures. Discussion: With heat becoming an increasing problem, it is important to adjust elderly care so that the most vulnerable elderly people can avoid excessive heat exposure.
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- Moche, Hajdi, et al.
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Victim identifiability, number of victims, and unit asking in charitable giving
- 2024
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Ingår i: PLOS ONE. - : PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE. - 1932-6203. ; 19:3
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study examines the identifiable victim effect (being more willing to help an identified victim than an unidentified), the singularity effect (i.e., being more willing to help a single identified victim than a group of identified victims), and unit asking (first asking donors for their willingness to donate for one unit and then asking for donations for multiple units) in charitable giving. In five studies (N = 7996), we vary the level of identifiability, singularity, and group size. We find that unit asking is making people more sensitive to the number of people in need. Further, while the level of identifiability influences affective reactions, this effect does not extend to donations and, thus, is not affected by unit asking. We do, however, find an "emotion asking effect" where asking donors to rate their affect before donating increase donation levels (compared to donors asked to rate affect after). Emotion asking was attenuated when combined with unit asking.
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- Styhre, Linda, et al.
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Energieffektiv svensk sjöfart
- 2014
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Sjöfarten står inför en enorm utmaning med krav på 40-50 procent minskning av koldioxidutsläpp till 2050 jämfört med 2005 års utsläpp, samtidigt som det finns en politisk vilja att öka andelen sjötransporter. Kraftigt ökad energieffektivisering kommer att vara avgörande för att möta utsläppskraven. Dock visar projektioner att det globalt kommer att vara svårt att minska sjöfartens utsläpp via åtgärder som är kända idag. Den här studien pekar på vikten av en snabbare implmentering av kända åtgärder och fortsatt utveckling av nya energireducerande tekniker, verktyg och metoder. Ökad energieffektivitet inom sjöfarten kan ske genom oeprativa. logistiska, tekniska, avtals- och markndsrelaterade och kommunikativa åtgärder. Åtgärder kopplade till varandra och bör med fördel betraktas ut ett systemperspektiv.
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- Styhre, Linda, et al.
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Environmentally differentiated port dues
- 2019
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This is the final report of the research project Environmentally differentiated port dues. The purposes of the research are to examine how environmentally differentiated dues and incentives in ports can reduce the environmental impact caused by transport modes that call at the port, and their consequences from legal, political and goods flow perspectives. Both land and sea transport are addressed. The project examines how ports, as important parts of international transport chains, can contribute to the environmental and climate objectives, by introducing environmentally differentiated port dues to promote a shift to more environmentally efficient transport, vehicles, ships, technologies and alternative fuels.
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