Summit
2025 APS Global Psychological Science Summit · 2025
Pro-Environmental Behaviors, Rumination, and Negative Climate Emotions: A Mediation Analysis
- Jordan Dudley
University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Alejandra Cifuentes
University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Luke Reyes
University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Jin Qian
University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Kimberly Barchard
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Abstract
What predicts climate change action? Rumination, a maladaptive emotional regulation strategy, can exacerbate negative emotions and encourage proactive behaviors. Structural equation modeling of Kovacs et al. (2023)’s dataset containing 1040 United States Prolific participants shows rumination partially mediates negative emotions' capacity to predict pro-environmental behavior.
Climate Change
