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The Interplay Between Knowledge, Perceived Efficacy, and Concern About Global Warming and Climate Change: A One-Year Longitudinal Study by Milfont, Taciano L.

“…If the long‐term goal of limiting warming to less than 2°C is to be achieved, rapid and sustained reductions of greenhouse gas emissions are required. These…”
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Testing measurement invariance across groups: applications in cross-cultural research by L. Milfont, Taciano, Fischer, Ronald

“…Researchers often compare groups of individuals on psychological variables. When comparing groups an assumption is made that the instrument measures the same…”
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Exposure to Urban Nature and Tree Planting Are Related to Pro-Environmental Behavior via Connection to Nature, the Use of Nature for Psychological Restoration, and Environmental Attitudes by Whitburn, Julie, Linklater, Wayne L., Milfont, Taciano L.

“…Pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs) may be associated with a personal relationship with nature. We conducted a quasi-experiment with 423 residents who had or…”
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Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Nationwide Lockdown on Trust, Attitudes Toward Government, and Well-Being by Sibley, Chris G., Greaves, Lara M., Satherley, Nicole, Wilson, Marc S., Overall, Nickola C., Lee, Carol H. J., Milojev, Petar, Bulbulia, Joseph, Osborne, Danny, Milfont, Taciano L., Houkamau, Carla A., Duck, Isabelle M., Vickers-Jones, Raine, Barlow, Fiona Kate

“…The contagiousness and deadliness of COVID-19 have necessitated drastic social management to halt transmission. The immediate effects of a nationwide lockdown…”
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The big five personality traits and environmental engagement: Associations at the individual and societal level by Milfont, Taciano L., Sibley, Chris G.

“…This study compared the person and national-level personality correlates of environmental engagement. Associations between specific personality traits and…”
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The use (and abuse) of the new environmental paradigm scale over the last 30 years: A meta-analysis by Hawcroft, Lucy J., Milfont, Taciano L.

“…This paper reports a meta-analysis of studies using the New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) Scale over the last 30 years. A review of 69 studies from 36 countries…”
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Ten-year panel data confirm generation gap but climate beliefs increase at similar rates across ages by Milfont, Taciano L., Zubielevitch, Elena, Milojev, Petar, Sibley, Chris G.

“…Accumulating evidence indicates that climate change awareness and concern has increased globally, but commentators suggest a climate change generation gap…”
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Does having children increase environmental concern? Testing parenthood effects with longitudinal data from the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study by Milfont, Taciano L, Poortinga, Wouter, Sibley, Chris G

“…Uses data from the first seven waves (2009–2015) of the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study - a longitudinal national probability study of social attitudes,…”
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Relational mobility predicts social behaviors in 39 countries and is tied to historical farming and threat by Thomson, Robert, Yuki, Masaki, Talhelm, Thomas, Schug, Joanna, Kito, Mie, Ayanian, Arin H., Becker, Julia C., Becker, Maja, Chiu, Chi-yue, Choi, Hoon-Seok, Ferreira, Carolina M., Fülöp, Marta, Gul, Pelin, Houghton-Illera, Ana Maria, Joasoo, Mihkel, Jong, Jonathan, Kavanagh, Christopher M., Khutkyy, Dmytro, Manzi, Claudia, Marcinkowska, Urszula M., Milfont, Taciano L., Neto, Félix, von Oertzen, Timo, Pliskin, Ruthie, San Martin, Alvaro, Singh, Purnima, Visserman, Mariko L.

“…Biologists and social scientists have long tried to understand why some societies have more fluid and open interpersonal relationships and how those…”
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Does relational mobility vary across national regions? A within-country examination by Milfont, Taciano L, Thomson, Robert, Yuki, Masaki

“…Relational mobility is a socio-ecological construct quantifying how much freedom and opportunity a society affords individuals to choose and dispose of…”
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Considering local adaptation increases willingness to mitigate by Evans, Laurel, Milfont, Taciano L., Lawrence, Judy

“…•We compared two experimental groups: one considering local adaptation and one not.•Considering local adaptation increases willingness to reduce personal…”
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Replication and Reproducibility in Cross-Cultural Psychology by Milfont, Taciano L., Klein, Richard A.

“…Replication is the scientific gold standard that enables the confirmation of research findings. Concerns related to publication bias, flexibility in data…”
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Public understanding of climate change-related sea-level rise by Priestley, Rebecca K, Heine, Zoë, Milfont, Taciano L

“…Sea-level rise resulting from climate change is impacting coasts around the planet. There is strong scientific consensus about the amount of sea-level rise to…”
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A Cross-Cultural Test of the Value-Attitude-Behavior Hierarchy by Milfont, Taciano L., Duckitt, John, Wagner, Claire

“…According to Homer and Kahle's (1988) cognitive hierarchy model, values indirectly influence behavior through attitudes. The model posits that the influence…”
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Proximity to coast is linked to climate change belief by Milfont, Taciano L, Evans, Laurel, Sibley, Chris G, Ries, Jan, Cunningham, Andrew

“…Psychologists have examined the many psychological barriers to both climate change belief and concern. One barrier is the belief that climate change is too…”
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Explaining why larks are future-oriented and owls are present-oriented: self-control mediates the chronotype-time perspective relationships by Milfont, Taciano L, Schwarzenthal, Miriam

“…Recent studies provide evidence for the chronotype-time perspective relationships. Larks are more future-oriented and owls are more present-oriented. The…”
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The public’s belief in climate change and its human cause are increasing over time by Milfont, Taciano L, Wilson, Marc, Sibley, Chris G

“…Examines the extent to which individuals' level of agreement with two key beliefs ('climate change is real' and 'climate change is caused by humans') remain…”
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Do Environmental Prompts Work the Same for Everyone? A Test of Environmental Attitudes as a Moderator by Moussaoui, Lisa Selma, Desrichard, Olivier, Milfont, Taciano L

“…The extant literature has focused either on personal variables or on situational factors to explain pro-environmental behavior despite several calls to…”
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A new approach to identifying the drivers of regulation compliance using multivariate behavioural models by Thomas, Alyssa S, Milfont, Taciano L, Gavin, Michael C

“…Compares seven multivariate behavioural models of fisher compliance decisions using structural equation modelling. Rests the ability of each model to best…”
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The influence of social dominance orientation and right-wing authoritarianism on environmentalism: A five-year cross-lagged analysis by Stanley, Samantha K, Milfont, Taciano L, Wilson, Marc S, Sibley, Chris G

“…Social dominance orientation (SDO) and right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) are ideological attitudes that predict lower concern for the environment and less…”
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