Search Results - "Ballew, Matthew T."

Climate change psychological distress is associated with increased collective climate action in the U.S by Ballew, Matthew T., Uppalapati, Sri Saahitya, Myers, Teresa, Carman, Jennifer, Campbell, Eryn, Rosenthal, Seth A., Kotcher, John E., Leiserowitz, Anthony, Maibach, Edward

“…The mental health impacts of climate change are increasingly documented; however, less research has investigated the relationship between climate…”
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Does socioeconomic status moderate the political divide on climate change? The roles of education, income, and individualism by Ballew, Matthew T., Pearson, Adam R., Goldberg, Matthew H., Rosenthal, Seth A., Leiserowitz, Anthony

“…•Political polarization in climate change views increases with higher education and income.•Higher education particularly strengthens the conservative white…”
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Diverse segments of the US public underestimate the environmental concerns of minority and low-income Americans by Pearson, Adam R., Schuldt, Jonathon P., Romero-Canyas, Rainer, Ballew, Matthew T., Larson-Konar, Dylan

“…In a nationally representative survey experiment, diverse segments of the US public underestimated the environmental concerns of nonwhite and low-income…”
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The Greta Thunberg Effect: Familiarity with Greta Thunberg predicts intentions to engage in climate activism in the United States by Sabherwal, Anandita, Ballew, Matthew T., Linden, Sander, Gustafson, Abel, Goldberg, Matthew H., Maibach, Edward W., Kotcher, John E., Swim, Janet K., Rosenthal, Seth A., Leiserowitz, Anthony

“…Despite Greta Thunberg's popularity, research has yet to investigate her impact on the public's willingness to take collective action on climate change. Using…”
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Systems thinking as a pathway to global warming beliefs and attitudes through an ecological worldview by Ballew, Matthew T., Goldberg, Matthew H., Rosenthal, Seth A., Gustafson, Abel, Leiserowitz, Anthony

“…Prior research has found that systems thinking, the tendency to perceive phenomena as interconnected and dynamic, is associated with a general proenvironmental…”
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The development of partisan polarization over the Green New Deal by Gustafson, Abel, Rosenthal, Seth A., Ballew, Matthew T., Goldberg, Matthew H., Bergquist, Parrish, Kotcher, John E., Maibach, Edward W., Leiserowitz, Anthony

“…In early 2019, a US climate change and economic renewal policy proposal called the Green New Deal (GND) 1 rose from obscurity to national prominence in just…”
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Climate Change in the American Mind: Data, Tools, and Trends by Ballew, Matthew T., Leiserowitz, Anthony, Roser-Renouf, Connie, Rosenthal, Seth A., Kotcher, John E., Marlon, Jennifer R., Lyon, Erik, Goldberg, Matthew H., Maibach, Edward W.

“…Ballew et al examine how the general public in the United States has viewed global warming over the past decade, identifying important trends in public…”
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The Experience of Consensus: Video as an Effective Medium to Communicate Scientific Agreement on Climate Change by Goldberg, Matthew H., van der Linden, Sander, Ballew, Matthew T., Rosenthal, Seth A., Gustafson, Abel, Leiserowitz, Anthony

“…Research on the gateway belief model indicates that communicating the scientific consensus on global warming acts as a “gateway” to other beliefs and support…”
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Republicans and Democrats differ in why they support renewable energy by Gustafson, Abel, Goldberg, Matthew H., Kotcher, John E., Rosenthal, Seth A., Maibach, Edward W., Ballew, Matthew T., Leiserowitz, Anthony

“…Americans strongly support policies aimed at increasing the use of renewable energy. Prior research has found that, overall, support for renewable energy tends…”
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The role of anchoring in judgments about expert consensus by Goldberg, Matthew H., Linden, Sander, Ballew, Matthew T., Rosenthal, Seth A., Leiserowitz, Anthony

“…Recent scholarship finds that communicating descriptive norms, such as the fact that 97% of climate scientists have concluded that human‐caused climate change…”
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Predictors of global warming risk perceptions among Latino and non-Latino White Americans by Goldberg, Matthew H., Gustafson, Abel, Ballew, Matthew T., Rosenthal, Seth A., Cutler, Matthew J., Leiserowitz, Anthony

“…Global warming will disproportionately affect people of color (e.g., Latinos). Previous research has found that Latinos in the USA are more engaged with global…”
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Changes in Global Warming’s Six Americas: an analysis of repeat respondents by Ayers, Megan, Marlon, Jennifer R., Ballew, Matthew T., Maibach, Edward W., Rosenthal, Seth A., Roser-Renouf, Connie, Leiserowitz, Anthony

“…Building public consensus about the threat of climate change is critical for enacting meaningful action to address it. To understand how Americans are changing…”
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Personal Stories Can Shift Climate Change Beliefs and Risk Perceptions: The Mediating Role of Emotion by Gustafson, Abel, Ballew, Matthew T., Goldberg, Matthew H., Cutler, Matthew J., Rosenthal, Seth A., Leiserowitz, Anthony

“…Sharing personal stories of how climate change is already harming people is a promising communication strategy to engage diverse and even skeptical audiences…”
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Changing minds about global warming: vicarious experience predicts self-reported opinion change in the USA by Ballew, Matthew T., Marlon, Jennifer R., Goldberg, Matthew H., Maibach, Edward W., Rosenthal, Seth A., Aiken, Emily, Leiserowitz, Anthony

“…Americans increasingly accept that global warming is happening and a serious threat. Using secondary data from national probability surveys of the US adult…”
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A Social Identity Approach to Engaging Christians in the Issue of Climate Change by Goldberg, Matthew H., Gustafson, Abel, Ballew, Matthew T., Rosenthal, Seth A., Leiserowitz, Anthony

“…Using two nationally representative surveys (total N = 2,544) and two experiments (total N = 1,620), we investigate a social identity approach to engaging…”
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How Hope and Doubt Affect Climate Change Mobilization by Marlon, Jennifer R., Bloodhart, Brittany, Ballew, Matthew T., Rolfe-Redding, Justin, Roser-Renouf, Connie, Leiserowitz, Anthony, Maibach, Edward

“…The severe threats posed by anthropogenic climate change make hope and a sense of efficacy key ingredients in effective climate communication. Yet little is…”
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Illuminating the link between perceived threat and control over climate change: the role of attributions for causation and mitigation by Davydova, Julie, Pearson, Adam R., Ballew, Matthew T., Schuldt, Jonathon P.

“…Perceiving greater threat from climate change has been shown to positively affect beliefs about humanity’s ability to mitigate the threat. We examined two…”
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Mask-Wearing Increased After a Government Recommendation: A Natural Experiment in the U.S. During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Goldberg, Matthew H., Gustafson, Abel, Maibach, Edward W., Ballew, Matthew T., Bergquist, Parrish, Kotcher, John E., Marlon, Jennifer R., Rosenthal, Seth A., Leiserowitz, Anthony

“…On April 3 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that all Americans wear face masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19…”
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Climate Change Activism Among Latino and White Americans by Ballew, Matthew T., Goldberg, Matthew H., Rosenthal, Seth A., Cutler, Matthew J., Leiserowitz, Anthony

“…Research indicates that Latinos have particularly strong pro-environmental attitudes and support for policies to reduce climate change. This study explores…”
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Blame Where Blame Is Due: Many Americans Support Suing Fossil Fuel Companies for Global Warming Damages by Gustafson, Abel, Marlon, Jennifer R., Goldberg, Matthew H., Wang, Xinran, Ballew, Matthew T., Rosenthal, Seth A., Leiserowitz, Anthony

“…Gustafson et al express insights about how Americans support suing fossil fuel companies for global warming damages. Scientists have concluded that the burning…”
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