Miller Lindsay B, Rice Ronald E
Department of Communication, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States.
Front Psychol. 2025 Jul 2;16:1481964. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1481964. eCollection 2025.
As wildfires and extreme weather events increase in frequency and severity, understanding individuals' psychological and behavioral responses to these rising climate change impacts is necessary to cultivate pro-environmental behavior (PEB). Based on a theoretical model grounded in construal level theory and the theory of reasoned action, we propose that exposure to wildfires is associated with psychological distance of climate change, climate change and wildfire attitudes, and PEB; that psychological distance is associated with climate change attitudes and PEB; and that subjective norms are associated with PEB.
We assess these associations through an content analysis of 66 semi-structured interviews with Pacific Crest Trail hikers during the 2022 wildfire season, illustrated through quotes responding to interview questions asking about such associations.
The analyses and quotes provide initial support for the proposed model, nuanced insights into the subdimensions of each construct, and a basis for possible wildfire and climate change messaging.
随着野火和极端天气事件的频率和强度不断增加，了解个人对这些日益增加的气候变化影响的心理和行为反应对于培养亲环境行为（PEB）至关重要。基于一个以解释水平理论和理性行动理论为基础的理论模型，我们提出，接触野火与气候变化的心理距离、气候变化和野火态度以及亲环境行为相关；心理距离与气候变化态度和亲环境行为相关；主观规范与亲环境行为相关。
我们通过对2022年野火季节期间对太平洋山脊步道徒步旅行者进行的66次半结构化访谈的内容分析来评估这些关联，并通过对询问此类关联的访谈问题的回答引用来进行说明。
分析和引用为所提出的模型提供了初步支持，对每个构念的子维度提供了细致入微的见解，并为可能的野火和气候变化信息传递提供了基础。
