What We Think Others Think and Do About Climate Change: A Multicountry Test of Pluralistic Ignorance and Public-Consensus Messaging

Sandra J. Geiger; Jana K. Köhler; Zenith N.C. Delabrida; Karla A. Garduño-Realivazquez; Christian A.P. Haugestad; Hirotaka Imada; Aishwarya Iyer; Carya Maharja; Daniel C. Mann; Michalina Marczak; Olivia Melville; Sari R.R. Nijssen; Nattavudh Powdthavee; Radisti A. Praptiwi; Gargi Ranade; Claudio D. Rosa; Valeria Vitale; Małgorzata Winkowska; Lei Zhang; Mathew P. White

doi:10.1177/09567976251335585

What We Think Others Think and Do About Climate Change: A Multicountry Test of Pluralistic Ignorance and Public-Consensus Messaging

Sandra J. Geiger, Jana K. Köhler, Zenith N.C. Delabrida, Karla A. Garduño-Realivazquez, Christian A.P. Haugestad, Hirotaka Imada, Aishwarya Iyer, Carya Maharja, Daniel C. Mann, Michalina Marczak, Olivia Melville, Sari R.R. Nijssen, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Radisti A. Praptiwi, Gargi Ranade, Claudio D. Rosa, Valeria Vitale, Małgorzata Winkowska, Lei Zhang, Mathew P. White

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	421-442
Number of pages	22
Journal	Psychological Science
Volume	36
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976251335585
Publication status	Published - Jun 2025
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

climate change
cross-country generalizability
cultural tightness-looseness
pluralistic ignorance
social norm

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Geiger, S. J., Köhler, J. K., Delabrida, Z. N. C., Garduño-Realivazquez, K. A., Haugestad, C. A. P., Imada, H., Iyer, A., Maharja, C., Mann, D. C., Marczak, M., Melville, O., Nijssen, S. R. R., Powdthavee, N., Praptiwi, R. A., Ranade, G., Rosa, C. D., Vitale, V., Winkowska, M., Zhang, L., & White, M. P. (2025). What We Think Others Think and Do About Climate Change: A Multicountry Test of Pluralistic Ignorance and Public-Consensus Messaging. Psychological Science, 36(6), 421-442. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976251335585

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What We Think Others Think and Do About Climate Change: A Multicountry Test of Pluralistic Ignorance and Public-Consensus Messaging

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