Behrens, Sophie (2022) What Are the Feelings Prompted by Manifestations of Climate Change Among the Young Generations? A Survey Among University Students in Fryslân. Bachelor thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).
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Abstract
Climate change is not just an environmental problem, but the acute and chronic environmental changes also prompt emotions and psychological problems in people. This research aims to assess the type and intensity of feelings that different manifestations of climate change elicit in young people living in Frylsân. A literature review has been conducted to define different manifestations of climate change and a range of emotions induced by those. The questionnaire was disseminated to various universities in Fryslân, and the results were analyzed by descriptive analysis. By including two pictures for each manifestation, the researcher tried to estimate how much each feeling can be attributed to the picture itself and how much to the underlying climate change manifestations. The results suggest that young people have not only pessimistic views on climate change but also experience high levels of climate anxiety. While no major differences in the feelings prompted by the different manifestations had been found within age and gender groups, and people that indicated whether they are involved in farming activities or not, it was observed that sadness was the feeling most often prompted in all participants. Farmers’ vulnerability potentially led to the observation of anger only shown in their group, and their agricultural need for water might indicate why precipitation elicited happiness in them. Therefore, this research contributes to knowledge on emotional responses to climate change by being the first of its kind to look at young people living in Fryslân and investigate their feelings evoked by climate change manifestations.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Name supervisor: | Gallo, V. and Gul, P. |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Sep 2022 13:46 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2022 13:46 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/142 |
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