Climate change boredom: Exploring its predictors and the psychological factors that influence intention to act
Ruxandra Malina Petrescu-Mag, Dacinia Crina Petrescu, Hamid Rastegari, Adrian Ivan, Ioan Valentin Petrescu-Mag · 2026
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Ruxandra Malina Petrescu-Mag and co-authors report a 2026 survey study of a little-noticed reaction to climate change: boredom with the topic. The authors ask what produces this boredom and whether it weakens people's intention to act.
Using a representative Romanian sample and structural equation modelling, the team traced boredom to beliefs about climate change, commitment to climate goals, and confidence in cooperation. Perceived health effects, living environment, and age also played a part, and together the six explained about two-thirds of the variation in boredom. The feeling itself cut the intention to act. The authors suggest that campaigns should fight disengagement, not only fear or doubt, if public motivation is to last.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ruxandra Malina Petrescu-Mag, Dacinia Crina Petrescu, Hamid Rastegari, Adrian Ivan, Ioan Valentin Petrescu-Mag |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 82 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |