Alagic, Ajlin (2024) The Moderating Role of Political Ideology on the Relationship Between Perceived Effectiveness and Public Acceptability of DACCS. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The problem of climate change is becoming more severe, and Negative Emissions Technologies and Practices (NETPs) are crucial for its mitigation. Public acceptability is essential for NETPs to be employed successfully. This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of key variables that influence the support for Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage (DACCS) to aid the path for its large-scale implementation. This study explores the determinants for public acceptability of DACCS. Namely, how the perceived effectiveness of DACCS and an individual’s political ideology influence public acceptability and the moderating effect of political ideology. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of a convenience sample (N = 150). The results show that perceived effectiveness has the most influence on acceptability, while political orientation does not play a role. Specifically, perceived effectiveness is positively related to the acceptability of DACCS, and political orientation did not have a significant effect, which challenges previous research suggesting that left and right-leaning individuals show different levels of acceptability to climate policies. Finally, we did not find an interaction effect, meaning that political ideology does not moderate the relationship between perceived effectiveness and acceptability of DACCS. These findings highlight the importance of perceiving the policy to be effective at its aim and fostering communication about new technologies to the general public to increase their acceptability.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Lee, C.Y. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jul 2024 13:48 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jul 2024 13:48 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4095 |
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