Social Identity and Risk Perception Explain Participation in the Swiss Youth Climate Strikes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Research on Collective Action
1.2. Risk Perceptions and Climate Change
1.3. Young People and Climate Change
1.4. The Present Research
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Collection, Respondents, and Study Design
2.2. Survey Design and Measures
2.3. Detecting and Addressing Multicollinearity
2.4. Statistical Analyses
2.5. Data Availability
2.6. Ethical Approval and Consent
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Non-Strikers | Strikers | All | |
---|---|---|---|
Respondents | |||
N | 2640 | 1417 | 4057 |
Age | |||
Mean (SD) | 16.9 (2.4) | 17.2 (2.5) | 17.0 (2.5) |
Range | 14–25 | 14–25 | 14–25 |
Gender | |||
Male | 1131 (44.6%) | 388 (28.6%) | 1519 (39.0%) |
Female | 1407 (55.4%) | 970 (71.4%) | 2377 (61.0%) |
Education | |||
Primary | 13 (0.5%) | 1 (0.1%) | 14 (0.3%) |
Lower secondary | 752 (28.6%) | 184 (13.0%) | 936 (23.1%) |
Upper secondary | 1672 (63.6%) | 999 (70.6%) | 2671 (66.0%) |
Tertiary | 193 (7.3%) | 231 (16.3%) | 424 (10.5%) |
Worry | |||
Mean (SD) | 3.4 (1.1) | 4.3 (0.8) | 3.7 (1.1) |
Range | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 |
Severity | |||
Mean (SD) | 64.8 (19.9) | 75.1 (13.6) | 68.4 (18.6) |
Range | 0–100 | 0–100 | 0–100 |
Urgency | |||
Mean (SD) | 4.1 (1.5) | 5.0 (1.1) | 4.4 (1.4) |
Range | 1–6 | 1–6 | 1–6 |
Moral conviction | |||
Mean (SD) | 4.6 (1.1) | 5.5 (0.6) | 4.9 (1.1) |
Range | 1–6 | 1–6 | 1–6 |
Anger | |||
Mean (SD) | 4.0 (1.3) | 5.1 (0.9) | 4.4 (1.3) |
Range | 1–6 | 1–6 | 1–6 |
Pride | |||
Mean (SD) | 3.7 (1.2) | 4.7 (0.9) | 4.0 (1.2) |
Range | 1–6 | 1–6 | 1–6 |
Efficacy beliefs | |||
Mean (SD) | 4.1 (1.1) | 5.1 (0.6) | 4.4 (1.1) |
Range | 1–6 | 1–6 | 1–6 |
Social identity | |||
Mean (SD) | 3.0 (1.2) | 4.6 (1.0) | 3.5 (1.4) |
Range | 1–6 | 1–6 | 1–6 |
r | Sociodemographic | Risk Perception | ESIMCA | Full Model | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 0.07 *** [0.04, 0.10] | −0.35 *** [−0.45, −0.25] | −0.33 *** [−0.46, −0.20] | ||
Gender (ref: male) | 0.16 *** [0.13, 0.19] | 0.31 *** [0.24, 0.38] | 0.02 [−0.08, 0.11] | ||
Education | 0.21 *** [0.18, 0.24] | 0.73 *** [0.62, 0.83] | 0.59 *** [0.45, 0.72] | ||
Worry | 0.42 *** [0.39, 0.45] | 1.00 *** [0.90, 1.10] | 0.37 *** [0.23, 0.51] | ||
Severity | 0.27 *** [0.24, 0.29] | 0.14 ** [0.04, 0.24] | −0.22 *** [−0.35, −0.09] | ||
Urgency | 0.28 *** [0.25, 0.31] | 0.20 *** [0.10, 0.30] | −0.18 *** [−0.31, −0.05] | ||
Moral conviction | 0.38 *** [0.35, 0.40] | −0.0002 [−0.16, 0.16] | −0.06 [−0.25, 0.13] | ||
Anger | 0.40 *** [0.37, 0.42] | 0.12 [−0.02, 0.26] | 0.08 [−0.08, 0.24] | ||
Pride | 0.39 *** [0.36, 0.41] | 0.06 [−0.07, 0.19] | 0.10 [−0.05, 0.24] | ||
Efficacy beliefs | 0.46 *** [0.43, 0.48] | 0.42 *** [0.26, 0.59] | 0.52 *** [0.33, 0.70] | ||
Social identity | 0.58 *** [0.56, 0.60] | 1.50 *** [1.30, 1.60] | 1.40 *** [1.20, 1.50] | ||
Observations | 3873 | 3718 | 4030 | 3563 | |
Nagelkerke’s Pseudo R2 | 0.11 | 0.26 | 0.47 | 0. 50 | |
Log likelihood | −2352.00 | −2051.00 | −1761.00 | −1524.00 | |
AIC | 4712.00 | 4110.00 | 3535.00 | 3072.00 |
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Brügger, A.; Gubler, M.; Steentjes, K.; Capstick, S.B. Social Identity and Risk Perception Explain Participation in the Swiss Youth Climate Strikes. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10605. https://doi.org/10.3390/su122410605
Brügger A, Gubler M, Steentjes K, Capstick SB. Social Identity and Risk Perception Explain Participation in the Swiss Youth Climate Strikes. Sustainability. 2020; 12(24):10605. https://doi.org/10.3390/su122410605
Chicago/Turabian StyleBrügger, Adrian, Moritz Gubler, Katharine Steentjes, and Stuart B. Capstick. 2020. "Social Identity and Risk Perception Explain Participation in the Swiss Youth Climate Strikes" Sustainability 12, no. 24: 10605. https://doi.org/10.3390/su122410605