Kirsti M Jylhä

Biographic Data

ID188354
NAMEKirsti M Jylhä
GIVEN NAMESKirsti M
FAMILY NAMEJylhä
SIGNATUREJYLHÄ K M
AFFILIATIONSInstitute for Futures Studies
ORCID0000-0002-1211-5150
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS32
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Attitudes towards childbearing, population, and the environment

    Open AccessKirsti M Jylhä, Martin Kolk et al.ARTICLEPopulation and Environment2025Cited by: 1References: 52

    Environmental concerns may influence personal fertility decisions and general opinions about childbearing and population dynamics, but research on this topic remains scarce. In two analyses based on large Swedish datasets (the Gender and Generation Survey [GGS], N = 8027, and a survey designed for this project, N = 683), we examine the connection between climate change worry and fertility outcomes and compare the prevalence of various concerns, b…

  • Climate Obstruction

    Kristoffer Ekberg, Bernhard Forchtner et al.BOOKClimate Obstruction2022

    In Climate Obstruction: How Denial, Delay and Inaction are Heating the Planet, Kristoffer Ekberg, Bernhard Forchtner, Martin Hultman and Kirsti Jylhä bring together crucial insights from environmental history, sociology, media and communication studies and psychology to help us understand why we are failing to take necessary measures to avert the unfolding climate crisis. They do so by examining the variety of ways in which meaningful climate act…

  • How to Feel About Climate Change? An Analysis of the Normativity of Climate Emotions

    Julia Mosquera, Kirsti M JylhäARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Climate change evokes different emotions among the public, bringing about a broad and complex emotional landscape. This gives rise to an additional, yet undertheorized layer of disagreement: there is division of opinion not only about what should be believed regarding climate change, but also about how people should feel about it. The aim of this paper is to clarify this latter type of disagreement by examining the normative reasons in favour of …

  • Xenophobia among radical and mainstream right-wing party voters

    Open AccessKirsti M Jylhä, Jens Rydgren et al.ARTICLEEthnic and Racial Studies2022

    Considering the current political relevance of anti-immigration sentiments, we examined preference to avoid interacting with immigrants – conceptualized here as a manifestation of xenophobia – among radical (Sweden Democrats, Sverigedemokraterna, N = 2216) and mainstream (Conservative Party, Moderaterna, N = 634) right-wing voters in Sweden. Correlates of xenophobia did not differ between the voter groups or compared to other populations in previ…

  • Climate anxiety

    Open AccessJulia Sangervo, Kirsti M Jylhä et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2022Cited by: 21References: 7

    Climate anxiety is a phenomenon which raises growing attention. Based on a national survey of climate-related feelings and behaviors (N = 2070) in Finland, we analyzed and discussed the concept of climate anxiety and its relationship with hope and action. We found that all our measures for climate anxiety (including worry and some stronger manifestations of anxiety) and hope (including efficacy beliefs) correlated positively with each other and c…

  • Acceptance of group‐based dominance and climate change denial

    Open AccessKirsti M Jylhä, Kim‐pong Tam et al.ARTICLEAsian Journal Of Social Psychology2021

    Despite the importance of overcoming the persistent delay in climate action, almost no research has investigated the psychological underpinnings of climate change denial in Asian countries. Addressing this research gap, our study compares results obtained in Hong Kong with those of samples from New Zealand and Sweden regarding correlations of climate change denial with acceptance of dominance between social groups (Social Dominance Orientation), …

  • Right‐Wing Populism and Climate Change Denial

    Open AccessKirsti M Jylhä, Kahl HellmerARTICLEAnalyses of Social Issues and…2020

    Populist right‐wing politicians and voters tend to dismiss climate change. To investigate possible reasons for this, we tested correlations between climate change denial and variables linked to right‐wing populism (Study 1: N = 1,587; Study 2: N = 909). The strongest predictor of climate change denial was an index capturing exclusionary and anti‐egalitarian preferences (opposition to, e.g., multiculturalism and feminism), followed by traditional …

  • Radical right‐wing voters from right and left

    Open AccessKirsti M Jylhä, Jens Rydgren et al.ARTICLEScandinavian Political Studies2019Cited by: 10References: 36

    As in many other European countries, the political system has undergone rapid changes in Sweden while a radical right‐wing party – The Sweden Democrats (SD) – has grown from a negligible position into one of the country's largest parties. SD has been winning voters from both the right and the left sides of the political spectrum, and particularly from Sweden's two largest parties, the Conservative Party (Moderaterna, M) and the Social Democratic …