Predicting Climate Change Anxiety

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 …

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 …

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 …