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Has the COVID-19 pandemic strengthened confidence in managing the climate crisis? Transfer of efficacy beliefs after experiencing lockdowns in Switzerland and Austria

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BORIS DOI
10.48350/173810
Date of Publication
October 2022
Publication Type
Article
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Centre for Developmen...

Author
Moser, Stephanieorcid-logo
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Seebauer, Sebastian
Series
Frontiers in psychology
ISSN or ISBN (if monograph)
1664-1078
Publisher
Frontiers Research Foundation
Language
English
Publisher DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2022.892735
Description
In the spring of 2020, countries introduced lockdowns as radical measures to deal with the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to strong disruptions of people’s everyday lives. Such drastic collective measures had previously seemed inconceivable in relation to other urgent crises, such as the climate crisis. In this paper, we ask how individual, participatory, and collective efficacy beliefs in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic transferred to efficacy beliefs regarding the climate crisis. We present comparative results from two surveys: Study 1 assesses efficacy beliefs among German-speaking Swiss residents (n = 1,016), shortly after lockdown measures were relaxed. Study 2 compares changes in efficacy beliefs among Austrian high school students (n = 113) before and after the lockdown. In Study 1, climate-related self- and participatory efficacy are enhanced by the corresponding COVID-19-related beliefs. Climate-related efficacy beliefs mediate the effect of COVID-related counterparts on climate-friendly behavior and policy support. Study 2 shows that COVID-19-related efficacy beliefs are transferred to climate-related counterparts over time, and that the transfer of participatory efficacy is moderated by perceived similarity of the two crises. Experiencing successful individual and collective action during the COVID-19 pandemic seems to inspire confidence in dealing with climate change. Underlying processes (direct transfer, consistency, awareness-raising, learning) are discussed.
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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.892735/full
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https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/handle/20.500.12422/88142
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