IALH Research Fellow Robert Gifford has co-authored a new research article entitled Predicting climate change anxiety. Collaborating authors include Zahra Asgarizadeh and Lauren Colborne. The article was published in Journal of Environmental Psychology. Abstract: Anxiety about climate change is increasing. What are its predictors? In a cross-sectional survey of 323 North Americans, six possible predictors …
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The meaning of the Built Environment: A Comprehensive Model Based on Users Traversing their University Campus
IALH Research Fellow Robert Gifford has co-authored a new research article entitled The meaning of the built environment: A comprehensive model based on users traversing their university campus with colleague Somayeh Rafiei. The article was published in Journal of Environmental Psychology. Abstract: What do built environments mean to individuals who use them? This study developed …
Emotional Framing in Online Environmental Activism: Pairing a Twitter Study With an Offline Experiment
Publication alert! IALH Research Fellow Robert Gifford has co-authored a new research article entitled Emotional framing in online environmental activism: Pairing a Twitter study with an offline experiment with collaborating authors Mary Sanford, Marta Witkowska and Magdalena Formanowicz. Abstract: As the consequences of anthropogenic climate change become more apparent, social media has become a central …
Nature and Happiness in an Individualist and a Collectivist Culture
Publication Alert! IALH Research Fellow Robert Gifford has co-authored a new research article entitled Nature and Happiness in an Individualist and a Collectivist Culture. Other authors include Tal Svoray, Michael Dorman, Sarah Abu-Kaf, and Golan Shahar. The article was published in Scientific Reports. Abstract: According to the attention restoration theory, exposure to nature (ETN) renews …
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Community and psychological barriers to tsunami preparation
Publication Alert! IALH Research Fellow Robert Gifford has co-authored an article with Zahra Asgarizadeh entitled Community and psychological barriers to tsunami preparation. The article was published in Natural Hazards. Abstract: Tsunami risk was investigated as a platform for helping to understand the impact of community and psychological factors in natural disaster preparedness. Residents who lived …
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