Results from study of mental health in 92 countries (n>53,000): People are not doing well.
- U-shape for age is gone: Young adults lowest health, highest illness
- Education still matters (a lot)
- 45% of older people live alone
- Hybrid work > 100% remote or in-person
Preprint: osf.io/3jyda_v1
Help us strengthen trust in climate scientists in the US! Join our megastudy ๐
Forschung gegen gefรผhlte Wahrheit Die Deutschen haben keineswegs die Nase voll vom Klimaschutz Eine Kolumne von Christian Stรถcker Niemand interessiert sich mehr fรผr die grรถรte aller Krisen? Falsch. Das zeigen Forschungsdaten ebenso wie ein Erlebnis in meinem Motorradunterricht.
Dass "die Leute interessieren sich nicht fรผr die Klimakrise" ein sehr erfolgreiches Stรผck Meta-Desinformation ist, zeigt รผbrigens nicht nur der Hamburger #Zukunftsentscheid. Die (nationale wie globale) Studienlage ist vรถllig eindeutig.Die Leute wissen, was los ist (Text von Juli)
If you're looking to do a PhD on a timely subject, I'm on the advisory board of a cool new project; "When Lies Take Root: Investigating the Impact of Misinformation on Those at Risk" at the top-ranked Amsterdam School of Communication Research/
Do share & apply: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Writing the post with Carya was one of the most enjoyable things I did this year for work. We had a lot of fun and hope you enjoy reading it just as much.
๐ spsp.org/news/charact... (blog) & journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... (study)
#sustainability #psychology #BehavioralScience #BehaviorChange
๐กWhy? A single message isnโt enough. People need to hear it from many othersโlike you. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ๐ฌ: ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. One that can be louder, more visible, and more connected. And that shift, from silence to solidarity, is exactly what the climate movement needs right now.
๐ฑ To test whether breaking this illusion can spark #action, we told half of our participants that 71โ88% of their fellow citizens believe climate change is real and humans are responsible. Hearing this didnโt immediately make people more willing to change their lifestyle or support climate action.
๐ Everywhere we looked, the same pattern emerged: a collective illusion where climate believers think theyโre swimming against the tide when in fact theyโre riding the wave. The real misunderstanding isnโt about the facts or hard scienceโitโs the belief that people are divided on the issue.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐โ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ.
In our @spspnews.bsky.social blog post, we write about collective illusions.
We asked people in 11 countries what they personally thought about #climate change and what they believed others thought.
A new study published in Psychological Science, by @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social from @acee.princeton.edu, highlights how people around the world often overestimate climate skepticism and presents ways to push back on this misperception. #ClimateChange
โPrompting people to actively notice birdsong, plant textures and smells can significantly improve wellbeingโฆโ
Interesting study that suggests simple and small interventions, eg signage, that encourage people to notice nature can boost peopleโs wellbeing.
Open access article below.
๐ฆ๐ฑ Most people care about #biodiversity, yet we often underestimate how concerned others are about its loss. This โpluralistic ignoranceโ can silence people, weaken action, and make ambitious policies seem less popular.
In a new paper, we outline a research agenda to study and reduce this gap (1/2)
@hirotakaimada.bsky.social, Carya Maharja, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Valeria Vitale, @lei-zhang.bsky.social, Claudio Rosa, Zenith Delabrida, @kristiansn89.bsky.social, @franzessl1.bsky.social, Mathew White, @envpsyvienna.bsky.social, @acee.princeton.edu
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
๐ฑ Our hope: By making biodiversity conservation efforts more visible, we can shift norms and inspire both individual and systemic action to protect and restore biodiversity worldwide.
1๏ธโฃ Identify where and among whom these misperceptions arise
2๏ธโฃ Understand how they affect conservation action and policy, with case studies from Brazil to Japan
3๏ธโฃ Test interventions that make shared agreement visible and reduce misperceptions
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Itโs not that people doubt biodiversity is decliningโitโs that we underestimate how many others already share this concern.
In our new Perspective, we review work on pluralistic ignorance and set out a research agenda to:
Climate change is the defining story of our time, and journalists everywhere need the tools to cover it with depth, accuracy, and impact. Thatโs why we're offering journalists a free, live, online training program designed to support them in telling stronger climate stories. Apply by Sept. 8.
๐จ Weโre hiring! ๐จ
The Social&Environmental Psychology Group @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting 2 PhDs and 1 Postdoc
as part of the ERC-funded SUSCON project on sustainable consumption.
Details here:
PhDs:๐ jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/7...
Postdoc:๐ jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...
Please welcome @brittwray.bsky.social to Bluesky. She studies the rise of climate distress and how to channel it for action and resilience - and is the newest addition to my starter pack of folks who study, write and speak on the intersection of mental health and the climate crisis! More here:
Thanks @janakoehler.bsky.social for leading this excellent work! ๐ชง๐๐ฅ
In two studies, we find that:
1๏ธโฃ the German public misperceives what the public thinks about climate activists.
2๏ธโฃ marchers/gluers think they are perceived more negatively/positively by the public than they actually are.
Climate journalists broke a big story during Earth Week with the launch of The 89 Percent Project: Between 80% and 89% of people around the world want their governments to do more on climate change, but, critically, this overwhelming majority doesn't realize its the majority.
1/8 ๐ง New study out! We analyzed data from 10,000+ people across 26 countries on trust in climate scientists โ and how political ideology shapes it. Hereโs what we found โฌ๏ธ #ClimatePsychology #TrustInScience
๐: doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
Seeking a wide range of perspectives from stakeholders involved in, or impacted by, the clean energy transition, including project developers, labor organizations, educators, financiers, policymakers, and local community members!
Learn more & join the survey here: netzerostakeholder.princeton.edu
๐We're back! 24 hours of Political Psychology is once again coming to Vienna - save the dates: 26 / 27 February 2026
โถ๏ธ Abstract submission is OPEN - find the link & further information here: 24hpolpsy.univie.ac.at
Very excited to co-host with @markuswagner.bsky.social and @isabellareb.bsky.social
Thanks for sharing, Sabine ๐
People underestimate how strong support for #ClimateAction is
Great piece in @theguardian.com
including @envpsyvienna.bsky.social's (now Dr.) @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social ๐
#EnvironmentalPsychology
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
๐ We are launching a new #ManyLabs!!! Join the Heat & Cognition project! We're studying how extreme heat affects human thinking, social behavior & well-being โ globally.
Contribute & co-author:
๐ Info:ย heatandmind.wordpress.com
๐ Sign up:ย www.soscisurvey.de/HeatandCogni...
#EnvironmentalPsychology
Join us for this year's jSchool on the psychology of decision-making ๐ง ๐ฟโ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธ
Come join us for our Lunch & Learn webinar on Monday March 24 about delivering net zero by 2050! ๐โก๏ธ
How can we improve public attitudes towards contested science domains? In a new paper featuring 4 highly-powered experiments (3 preregistered), we show that psychological closeness (vs. distance) can help!
The paper is published OA in the Journal of Social Issues: lnkd.in/dFN8_8KA