dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Neyrinck, B. | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Doosje, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Neuenhaus, N. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-27T18:00:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-08-27T18:00:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/41323 | |
dc.description.abstract | The quickly progressing climate-change is associated with rising psychological distress. This study investigates the association of self-determination level and pro-environmental behaviour, with the mediating roles of climate-change-anxiety and climate-change-distress. In an online cross-sectional survey (117 participants; 75% female, 21% male, 3% non-binary; aged 20-58), level of self-determination, degree of climate-change-anxiety and -paralysis and exertion of pro-environmental behaviour were measured. The results indicate a significant total effect of self-determination on pro-environmental behaviour, as well as a significant indirect effect of climate-change-anxiety but not climate-change-paralysis in mediating the relationship between self-determination and pro-environmental behaviour. Concludingly, the importance of fostering self-determination for behaving pro-environmentally, as well as differentiating between expressions of distress connected to climate-change is illustrated. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.format.extent | 683788 | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.title | Climate Change Distress and Pro-Environmental Behaviour: An Exploration Into the Role of Self-Determination | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | self-determination, climate-change-anxiety, climate-change-paralysis, pro-environmental behaviour | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Clinical Psychology | |