Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Böhm, Gisela"
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Attentional focus and anticipated emotions in the face of future environmental risks: Should I take the train or drive my car?
Böhm, Gisela; Pfister, Hans-Rudiger (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)This study presents an experiment investigating the effects of attentional focus and valence of experience on anticipated emotions and on intentions to drive by car or to use public transportation. Car driving is associated ... -
Can I Make a Difference? The Role of General and Domain-specific Self-efficacy in Sustainable Consumption Decisions
Hanss, Daniel; Böhm, Gisela (Journal article, 2010)We report a study which explored sustainable development self-efficacy (SDSE) beliefs, that is, domain-specific self-efficacy beliefs concerning one’s ability to foster sustainable development. We propose that the following ... -
Exposure to the IPCC special report on 1.5 °C global warming is linked to perceived threat and increased concern about climate change
Ogunbode, Charles Adedayo; Doran, Rouven; Böhm, Gisela (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article investigates the influence of exposure to the IPCC special report on 1.5 °C global warming on climate change attitudes. Among a nationally representative sample of the Norwegian public, we found that exposure ... -
How people explain their own and others' behavior: A theory of lay causal explanations
Böhm, Gisela; Pfister, Hans-Rudiger (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-02-18)A theoretical model is proposed that specifies lay causal theories of behavior; and supporting experimental evidence is presented. The model’s basic assumption is that different types of behavior trigger different hypotheses ... -
Individual and local flooding experiences are differentially associated with subjective attribution and climate change concern
Ogunbode, Charles Adedayo; Doran, Rouven; Böhm, Gisela (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-16)While several studies show an association between flooding experience and climate change engagement, a few show no evidence of such a link. Here, we explore the potential that this inconsistency relates to the measurement ... -
Laypeople's affective images of energy transition pathways
Böhm, Gisela; Doran, Rouven; Pfister, Hans-Rudiger (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-10-10)This paper explores the public perception of energy transition pathways, that is, individual behaviors, political strategies, and technologies that aim to foster a shift toward a low-carbon and sustainable society. We ... -
Long live the king! Beginnings loom larger than endings of past and recurrent events
Teigen, Karl Halvor; Böhm, Gisela; Bruckmüller, Susanne; Hegarty, Peter; Luminet, Olivier (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-06)Events are temporal “figures”, which can be defined as identifiable segments in time, bounded by beginnings and endings. But the functions and importance of these two boundaries differ. We argue that beginnings loom larger ... -
Outcome expectancies moderate the association between worry about climate change and personal energy-saving behaviors
Gregersen, Thea Johansen; Doran, Rouven; Böhm, Gisela; Poortinga, Wouter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This paper explores whether efficacy beliefs can alter the relationship between worry about climate change and personal energy-saving behaviors, controlling for climate change beliefs and socio-demographics. For this ... -
Pathways to energy transition: A faceted taxonomy
Böhm, Gisela; Doran, Rouven; Rødeseike, Annika; Pfister, Hans-Rudiger (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The article deals with the public perception of energy transition pathways, that is, of strategies towards sustainable ways of energy use. Implementing sustainable pathways poses a major challenge for organizations and ... -
The perceiver’s social role and a risk’s causal structure as determinants of environmental risk evaluation
Böhm, Gisela; Pfister, Hans-Rudiger (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)We present a dual-process risk perception model that integrates cognitive and emotional as well as consequentialist and deontological components by distinguishing between two modes of evaluative processing: (a) a ... -
Political Orientation Moderates the Relationship Between Climate Change Beliefs and Worry About Climate Change
Gregersen, Thea; Doran, Rouven; Böhm, Gisela; Tvinnereim, Endre; Poortinga, Wouter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Public perceptions are well established as a key factor in support for climate change mitigation policies, and they tend to vary both within and between countries. Based on data from the European Social Survey Round 8 (N ... -
Remembering and Communicating Climate Change Narratives – The Influence of World Views on Selective Recollection
Böhm, Gisela; Pfister, Hans-Rudiger; Salway, Andrew; Fløttum, Kjersti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-07)We examine how people remember stories about climate change and how they communicate these stories to others. Drawing on theories of reconstructive memory and cultural theory, we assume that recollection is systematically ... -
The resilience paradox: Flooding experience,coping and climate change mitigation intentions
Ogunbode, Charles Adedayo; Böhm, Gisela; Capstick, Stuart; Demski, Christina; Spence, Alexa; Tausch, Nicole (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Climate change is projected to increase the frequency, intensity and unpredictability of extreme weather events across the globe and these events are likely to have significant mental health implications. The mental health ... -
Scientific truth or debate: On the link between perceived scientific consensus and belief in anthropogenic climate change
Bertoldo, Raquel; Mays, Claire; Böhm, Gisela; Poortinga, Wouter; Poumadère, Marc; Arnold, Annika; Tvinnereim, Endre; Steentjes, Katharine; Pidgeon, Nick (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Scientists overwhelmingly agree that climate change exists and is caused by human activity. It has been argued that communicating the consensus can counter climate scepticism, given that perceived scientific consensus is ... -
Sustainable consumption of groceries: the importance of believing that one can contribute to sustainable development
Hanss, Daniel; Böhm, Gisela; Doran, Rouven; Homburg, Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-02-26)This study investigated relations between consumers’ sustainable development self-efficacy, attitudes, norms and intentions to purchase sustainable groceries such as ecological and fair trade foods. Demographic variables ... -
Using card sorting to explore the mental representation of energy transition pathways among laypeople
Doran, Rouven; Böhm, Gisela; Hanss, Daniel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-12-04)Meeting international emission targets will require major changes in the energy system. This paper addresses the public perception of different pathways to energy transition, and their mental representation in particular. ... -
When do past events require explanation? Insights from social psychology
Bruckmüller, Susanne; Hegarty, Peter; Teigen, Karl Halvor; Böhm, Gisela; Luminet, Olivier (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Some past events incite more wonder about their causes than do others. For example, negative events require explanation more than positive events. We review social psychologists’ theoretical and empirical insights on what ... -
When worry about climate change leads to climate action: How values, worry and personal responsibility relate to various climate actions
Bouman, Thijs; Verschoor, Mark; Albers, Casper J.; Böhm, Gisela; Fisher, Stephen; Poortinga, Wouter; Whitmarsh, Lorraine; Steg, Linda (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-05)The IPCC's report on Global Warming of 1.5°C positioned climate change as one of the most worrying issues mankind has ever faced. Although many people worry about climate change, there is still much unknown about the origins ...