Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for Study 1.
| Type of measure | Variable | Minimum (absolute) | Mean | Maximum (absolute) | SD | α |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covariates | Skepticism | 1.00 (1) | 2.37 | 5 (5) | 0.96 | 0.86 |
| Behavioral control | 1.50 (1) | 2.99 | 4.17 (5) | 0.43 | 0.83 | |
| Ductile worldview | 1.00 (1) | 3.76 | 5.00 (5) | 0.73 | 0.86 | |
| Elastic worldview | 1.00 (1) | 2.27 | 4.28 (5) | 0.76 | 0.85 | |
| Time perspective | 1.00 (1) | 5.00 | 6.80 (7) | 0.75 | 0.87 | |
| Place attachment | 1.00 (0) | 3.52 | 5.00 (6) | 0.97 | 0.87 | |
| Psychological distance | PD1 | 1.00 (1) | 2.43 | 4.28 (5) | 0.83 | 0.93 |
| PD2 | 0.00 (0) | 42.10 | 100 (100) | 18.13 | 0.76 | |
| Construal level | BIF | 0.00 (0) | 0.59 | 1.00 (1) | 0.23 | 0.85 |
| RCW | 0.11 (0) | 1.52 | 3.00 (3) | 0.50 | 0.79 | |
| Environmental (E) | 0.08 (0) | 1.53 | 3.00 (3) | 0.54 | 0.63 | |
| General (G) | 0.00 (0) | 1.51 | 3.00 (3) | 0.66 | 0.65 | |
| Dependent measures | Individual pro-environmental behavior | 1.00 (1) | 3.50 | 5 (5) | 0.49 | 0.69 |
| Policy choice | 1.00 (1) | 3.32 | 5 (5) | 1.46 | NA | |
| Belief-type | % of sample | |||||
| Deny | 6% | |||||
| Belief in climate | Don’t know | 4% | ||||
| change | Natural causes | 32% | ||||
| Anthropogenic | 58% | |||||
PD, psychological distance; BIF, Behavioral Identification Form; RCW, Response Category Width.