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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2026

Fear motivates and dread stalls: the role of emotions in climate support.

Sarah Gradidge, Annelie J Harvey, Nic Gibson, Helen Keyes, Alina Knuppel, Emily McKendrick, Rachel Ownsworth, Magdalena Zawisza

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Sarah GradidgeSchool of Psychology & Sport Science, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Annelie J HarveySchool of Psychology & Sport Science, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Nic GibsonSchool of Psychology & Sport Science, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Helen KeyesSchool of Psychology & Sport Science, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Alina KnuppelSchool of Psychology & Sport Science, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Emily McKendrickSchool of Psychology & Sport Science, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Rachel OwnsworthSchool of Psychology & Sport Science, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Magdalena ZawiszaSchool of Psychology & Sport Science, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the negative impacts of rapidly accelerating climate change increase in frequency and severity, widespread climate action in the population becomes increasingly urgent. The need for population-wide climate action and behavior change represents a significant psychological challenge that may be addressed through psychologically informed interventions. The current study investigates whether and how much 10 incidental state emotions (fear, dread, hope, anger, sadness, distress, worry, guilt, shame, and helplessness) contribute to climate change belief, climate policy support, and climate action in participants from the UK (

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climate actionclimate changeclimate policyemotionstate emotion

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PMID41768191
PMCPMC12942447

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