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Christian Palacios Haugestad @cphaugestad.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

6/6 🌐 Understanding these emotional dynamics and how they are negotiated in conversation is helpful for fostering meaningful dialogue and collective action among youth. For a deeper dive into our findings, check out the full article (or DM me for a PDF!). 💚

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<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library

Emotional responses to anthropogenic climate change have attracted significant attention. People negotiate emotions through culturally available frameworks. This study, based on 18 focus group discus...

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Christian Palacios Haugestad @cphaugestad.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

5/6 🌍 Cultural Contexts Matter: Our findings illustrate how socio-cultural norms influence how emotions are expressed and managed. This raises important questions about the balance between individual responsibility and the need for systemic solutions in addressing the climate crisis.

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Christian Palacios Haugestad @cphaugestad.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

4/6 💔 Affective Dilemma 3: Responsibility for Climate Actions vs. Self-Care: Youth navigate a strong sense of obligation to act on climate change but also balance it with the importance of prioritizing self-care and positivity.

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Christian Palacios Haugestad @cphaugestad.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

3/6 ⚖️ Affective Dilemma 2: Fear as Motivation vs. Barrier: Fear plays a dual role—while it can drive youth to take action, it can also cause withdrawal. This tension and the risk of feeling overwhelmed highlights the complexity of emotions' role in motivating climate engagement.

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Christian Palacios Haugestad @cphaugestad.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

2/6 🔄 Affective Dilemma 1: Climate Anxiety as Voluntary vs. Involuntary: We found that youth construct climate anxiety both as a choice and an inevitable emotional reaction. They actively negotiate these feelings, viewing anxiety as a legitimate, yet manageable, response to climate change.

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Christian Palacios Haugestad @cphaugestad.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

1/6 🎓 Reframing Climate Anxiety: Our research challenges the idea of climate anxiety as just a psychological issue. Instead, we view it as a response shaped by cultural discourses, allowing youth to engage actively with their emotions, transforming anxiety into empowerment and action.

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Christian Palacios Haugestad @cphaugestad.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

🧵✨ Excited to share insights from my recently published paper, “You can’t live in fear all the time”: Affective Dilemmas in Youth’s Discussions on Climate Change in Norway, in the British Journal of Social Psychology! Here’s a breakdown of our findings: doi.org/10.1111/bjso...

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<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library

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