Laura Bilfinger
Biographic Data
| ID | 5448282 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Bilfinger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Bilfinger |
| SIGNATURE | BILFINGER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Münster |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1340-9679 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Is it Up to Me or Them? Insights from an Experimental Study on Psychological Reactance Towards Climate Change Mitigation Appeals
This study posits the hypothesis that the lack of an individual's engagement in mitigating climate change might be due to reactance, a motivational psychological state that occurs when one's perceived freedom to think or act is being threatened.In a 2 2 between-subjects experimental design (N = 623), we varied how mitigation recommendations for transportation were communicated (individual vs. policy appeal) in an online article.Additionally, we m…
The effects of fear appeals on reactance in climate change communication
Addressing the existential threat posed by climate change requires urgent actions, both on an individual level and on a policy level. In the present research, we applied an emotion-based persuasion appeal model to climate change mitigation to test the effect of climate mitigation appeals formulated with different levels of threat (high vs. low) and appealing to different types of climate change solutions (individual vs. policy) in eliciting psych…
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Is it Up to Me or Them? Insights from an Experimental Study on Psychological Reactance Towards Climate Change Mitigation Appeals
This study posits the hypothesis that the lack of an individual's engagement in mitigating climate change might be due to reactance, a motivational psychological state that occurs when one's perceived freedom to think or act is being threatened.In a 2 2 between-subjects experimental design (N = 623), we varied how mitigation recommendations for transportation were communicated (individual vs. policy appeal) in an online article.Additionally, we m…
The effects of fear appeals on reactance in climate change communication
Addressing the existential threat posed by climate change requires urgent actions, both on an individual level and on a policy level. In the present research, we applied an emotion-based persuasion appeal model to climate change mitigation to test the effect of climate mitigation appeals formulated with different levels of threat (high vs. low) and appealing to different types of climate change solutions (individual vs. policy) in eliciting psych…
Behavioral Health and Interventions (2 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (2 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (2 works) · Fear appeal (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Reactance (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Appeal (1 work) · Attitude change (1 work) · Climate change (1 work)