• Attitudes, efficacy beliefs, and willingness to pay for environmental protection when travelling 

      Doran, Rouven; Hanss, Daniel; Larsen, Svein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-04-09)
      Environmental sustainability may be seen as a collective challenge that can only be met if a sufficient number of individuals cooperate. Whether or not individual tourists are willing to contribute their share may thus ...
    • Climate anxiety, wellbeing and pro-environmental action: correlates of negative emotional responses to climate change in 32 countries 

      Ogunbode, Charles Adedayo; Doran, Rouven; Hanss, Daniel; Ojala, Maria; Salmela-Aro, Katariina; van den Broek, Karlijn L.; Bhullar, Navjot; Aquino, Sibele D.; Marot, Tiago; Schermer, Julie Aitken; Wlodarczyk, Anna; Lu, Su; Jiang, Feng; Maran, Daniela Acquadro; Yadav, Radha; Ardi, Rahkman; Chegeni, Razieh; Ghanbarian, Elahe; Zand, Somayeh; Najafi, Reza; Park, Joonha; Tsubakita, Takashi; Tan, Chee-Seng; Chukwuorji, JohnBosco Chika; Ojewumi, Kehinde; Tahir, Hajra; Albzour, Mai; Reyes, Marc Eric S.; Lins, Samuel; Enea, Violeta; Volkodav, Tatiana; Sollar, Tomas; Navarro-Carrillo, Ginés; Torres-Marín, Jorge; Mbungu, Winfred; Ayanian, Arin H.; Ghorayeb, Jihane; Onyutha, Charles; Lomas, Michael J.; Helmy, Mai; Martinez-Buelvas, Laura; Bayad, Aydin; Karasu, Mehmet (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      This study explored the correlates of climate anxiety in a diverse range of national contexts. We analysed cross-sectional data gathered in 32 countries (N = 12,246). Our results show that climate anxiety is positively ...
    • Comparing the motivational underpinnings of sustainable consumption across contexts using a scenario-based approach 

      Doran, Rouven; Bø, Simen; Hanss, Daniel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      A sample of tourists (N = 780) responded to a survey addressing purchasing intentions and consumption motives in relation to buying sustainable groceries at a local food market. These intentions and motives were contrasted ...
    • Comparison between own and others’ travel motives: A research note 

      Doran, Rouven; Larsen, Svein; Wolff, Katharina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      This study examines the assumption that tendencies to dissociate oneself from other tourists relate to the desire to position own characteristics (using travel motives as an example) in a positive light. Results suggest ...
    • Comparison of the inter-item correlations of the Big Five Inventory-10 (BFI-10) between Western and non-Western contexts 

      Park, Joonha; van den Broek, Karlijn L.; Bhullar, Navjot; Ogunbode, Charles Adedayo; Schermer, Julie Aitken; Doran, Rouven; Ardi, Rahkman; Hanss, Daniel; Maran, Daniela Acquadro; Albzour, Mai; Aquino, Sibele D.; Ayanian, Arin H.; Chegeni, Razieh; Chukwuorji, JohnBosco Chika; Enea, Violeta; Ghanbarian, Elahe; Ghorayeb, Jihane; Jiang, Feng; Kehinde, Ojewumi Aderemi; Lins, Samuel; Lomas, Michael J.; Lu, Su; Marot, Tiago; Mbungu, Winfred; Navarro-Carrillo, Ginés; Onyutha, Charles; Reyes, Marc Eric S.; Salmela-Aro, Katariina; Sollar, Tomas; Tahir, Hajra; Tan, Chee-Seng; Torres-Marín, Jorge; Tsubakita, Takashi; Volkodav, Tatiana; Wlodarczyk, Anna; Yadav, Radha (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      The Big Five Inventory-10 (BFI-10; Rammstedt & John, 2007) is one of many short versions of personality inventories that measure the Big Five trait dimensions. Short versions of scales often present methodological challenges ...
    • Complexity and Simplification in Understanding Travel Preferences Among Tourists 

      Øgaard, Torvald; Doran, Rouven; Larsen, Svein; Wolff, Katharina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Travel preferences are complex phenomena, and thus cumbersome to deal with in full width in diagnostic and strategic planning processes. The aim of the present investigation was to explore to what extent individual preferences ...
    • Did concern about COVID-19 drain from a ‘finite pool of worry’ for climate change? Results from longitudinal panel data 

      Gregersen, Thea; Doran, Rouven; Böhm, Gisela; Sætrevik, Bjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      According to the ‘finite pool of worry’ hypothesis, one may expect that introducing a novel concern (e.g., about a pandemic) may reduce concern about an existing issue (e.g., about climate change). Drawing upon representative ...
    • Different but similar: Social comparison of travel motives among tourists 

      Doran, Rouven; Larsen, Svein; Wolff, Katharina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09-08)
      Although previous research suggests that people prefer to think of themselves as being authentic (or individualistic) travellers rather than stereotyped tourists, there have been few studies investigating the external ...
    • Eco-friendly travelling: The relevance of perceived norms and social comparison 

      Doran, Rouven (Doctoral thesis, 2016-12-12)
      Tourism can be linked to negative environmental impacts, such as an extensive output of greenhouse gas emissions. But in spite of the increase in public awareness of (as well as positive attitudes towards) the need to ...
    • Effects of information exposure on risk perception and worry about ocean acidification: Evidence from Norway and the UK 

      Doran, Rouven; Ogunbode, Charles Adedayo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      This paper reports on an investigation in which risk perception and worry were assessed before and after information about possible consequences of ocean acidification was presented in the form of short-written messages. ...
    • Emotional reactions to climate change: A comparison across France, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom 

      Bøhm, Gisela Petra; Pfister, Hans-Rudiger; Doran, Rouven; Ogunbode, Charles Adedayo; Poortinga, Wouter; Tvinnereim, Endre Meyer; Steentjes, Katharine; Mays, Claire; Bertoldo, Raquel; Sonnberger, Marco; Pidgeon, Nicholas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      We present a study of emotional reactions to climate change utilizing representative samples from France, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom (UK). Drawing on appraisal theories of emotion, we examine relations between ...
    • Expectation of others' cooperation, efficacy beliefs, and willingness to sacrifice personal interests for the environment 

      Doran, Rouven; Hanss, Daniel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      This paper departs from the view that the social dilemma literature provides a useful framework to delineate possible barriers to the adoption of environmentally friendly lifestyles. One domain in which tensions between ...
    • Expected climate change consequences and their role in explaining individual risk judgments 

      Gregersen, Thea Johansen; Doran, Rouven; Bøhm, Gisela Petra; Pfister, Hans-Rudiger (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      This study examines what individuals expect will be the most important impacts of climate change on their respective countries, and how these expectations relate to individual risk judgments. Open-ended responses from ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Intentions to make sustainable tourism choices: do value orientations, time perspective, and efficacy beliefs explain individual differences? 

      Doran, Rouven; Hanss, Daniel; Larsen, Svein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-05-02)
      There is a growing literature addressing psychological variables that can be associated with choices of environmentally sustainable tourism alternatives. This paper contributes to this literature by focusing on individual ...
    • 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 ...
    • Negative emotions about climate change are related to insomnia symptoms and mental health: Cross-sectional evidence from 25 countries 

      Ogunbode, Charles Adedayo; Pallesen, Ståle; Böhm, Gisela; Doran, Rouven; Bhullar, Navjot; Aquino, Sibele; Marot, Tiago; Schermer, Julie Aitken; Wlodarczyk, Anna; Lu, Su; Jiang, Feng; Salmela-Aro, Katariina; Hanss, Daniel; Maran, Daniela Acquadro; Ardi, Rahkman; Chegeni, Razieh; Tahir, Hajra; Ghanbarian, Elahe; Park, Joonha; Tsubakita, Takashi; Tan, Chee-Seng; van den Broek, Karlijn L.; Chukwuorji, JohnBosco Chika; Ojewumi, Kehinde; Reyes, Marc Eric S.; Lins, Samuel; Enea, Violeta; Volkodav, Tatiana; Sollar, Tomas; Navarro-Carrillo, Ginés; Torres-Marín, Jorge; Mbungu, Winfred; Onyutha, Charles; Lomas, Michael J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Climate change threatens mental health via increasing exposure to the social and economic disruptions created by extreme weather and large-scale climatic events, as well as through the anxiety associated with recognising ...
    • 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 ...