Cultural determinants of climate change opinion: familism predicts climate beliefs and policy support among US Latinos

Research has identified familism, a cultural value reflecting the centrality and prioritization of the family, as a key psychosocial determinant of health risk-mitigation behavior among Latinos, a large and growing segment of the US public. In a national probability survey in which Latinos were over...

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Published in:Climatic change 2021-07, Vol.167 (1-2), p.11-11, Article 11
Main Authors: Pearson, Adam R., Bacio, Guadalupe A., Naiman, Sarah, Romero-Canyas, Rainer, Schuldt, Jonathon P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
advocacy
Atmospheric Sciences
climate
Climate change
Climate change communication
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
Climate prediction
Communication
Decision making
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
education
environmental policy
family
Health risks
Latinos
Letter
Mitigation
Policies
politics
prioritization
probability
Probability theory
Risk taking
Surveying
surveys
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Summary:Research has identified familism, a cultural value reflecting the centrality and prioritization of the family, as a key psychosocial determinant of health risk-mitigation behavior among Latinos, a large and growing segment of the US public. In a national probability survey in which Latinos were oversampled, we explored whether familism predicts climate beliefs and policy preferences. Whereas political ideology and education predicted Whites’ climate change beliefs and support for mitigation policy, these factors were substantially weaker predictors of Latinos’ climate beliefs and policy support. In contrast, familism emerged as a robust predictor of Latinos’ climate-related beliefs and policy support. These findings generalized across different operationalizations of familism, including the use of family as a referent in decision-making ( family-as-referent ) and felt obligation to one’s family ( familial obligation ). We consider implications of relational values central to family for climate communication and advocacy.
ISSN:0165-0009
1573-1480
DOI:10.1007/s10584-021-03165-2