School of Social Science and Human Services (SSHS), Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, New Jersey, USA.
J Community Psychol. 2021 Aug;49(6):2003-2022. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22576. Epub 2021 Apr 15.
This article focused on the study of individual and social-psychological determinants of a sense of efficacy on climate change mitigation. A correlational study investigated the predictive role of mindfulness, egalitarianism, risk concern, knowledge, and psychological sense of global community (PSGC). An online survey was administrated to US College students (N = 277). The main predictors of climate change response efficacy (CCRE) were PSGC and egalitarianism, followed by risk concern and climate knowledge. Among the facets of mindfulness, observing, and describing were the only ones associated with CCRE. The results found that mindfulness observing predicted response efficacy both directly and through the mediation of risk concern and sense of global community. Conversely, egalitarianism was not a significant mediator. Community psychologists should promote a sense of belonging to all humanity, and a more egalitarian view of the world, beyond risk concern, to increase climate efficacy. Training the skill of mindfulness observing could be a way to produce a sense of global community and affect climate change efficacy.
本文重点研究了个人和社会心理学因素对气候变化缓解效能感的影响。一项相关性研究调查了正念、平等主义、风险关注、知识和全球共同体心理感（PSGC）的预测作用。通过在线调查，对美国大学生（N=277）进行了调查。气候变化应对效能感（CCRE）的主要预测因素是 PSGC 和平等主义，其次是风险关注和气候知识。在正念的各个方面中，观察和描述是与 CCRE 相关的唯一方面。研究结果发现，正念观察既可以直接预测反应效能，也可以通过风险关注和全球共同体意识的中介作用来预测反应效能。相反，平等主义不是一个重要的中介因素。社区心理学家应该促进对全人类的归属感和对世界更平等的看法，超越风险关注，以提高气候效能感。培养正念观察的技能可能是产生全球共同体意识和影响气候变化效能感的一种方式。
