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Fear and Anxiety: The Effects of Global Climate Change PerceptionsSUNY Oswego- Global LabsUNIBECourtney Bledsoe, Augustus McGiver
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Abstract• This research centers around climate
change and our physiological and psychological responses to it.
• We used 4 types of physiological measures: Pulse, Galvanic skin response (GSR), Electromyogram (EMG) and Respiration.
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Introduction• There are several human behavioral
contributions to climate change.• It is often discussed that, to keep the climate
from changing drastically, humans must change certain behaviors.
• There are many psychological barriers that limit behavioral changes.
• There has been a multitude of research done to show that climate change can lead to a psychological response of anxiety or fear.
• This study topic has been chosen to help further analyze these psychological barriers.
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Location• This study took place in San Jose, Costa
Rica.
• UNIBE- Universidad de Iberoamerica.
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ObjectivesThe objectives of this experiment are as
follows: • To observe whether or not there are
changes in physiological responses when stimulated with video of a natural disaster.
• To view first hand, the factors that might influence the responses.
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Hypothesis
• There will be a significant increase in physiological and psychological responses when exposed to natural disaster stimuli
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Methods• Participants were chosen from students
that attend UNIBE and also from the U.S.A
• They were given a consent form to sign; then the participants were asked several pre-stimuli questions to answer.
• Following that, they were asked to sit down and the equipment was hooked up to them.
• A two minute baseline, to test the equipment, was taken and then they were shown a fifteen minute video clip of a natural disaster.
• After the video, the participants were asked to answer a few post-stimuli questions.
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Measurements - Pulse Monitor
Measures heart rate
- Galvanic Skin Response (GSR)Measures electrical conductance of sweat
glands
- Respiratory BandMeasures breathing rate
- Electromyogram (EMG)Measures electrical activity produced by muscles
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Gender
Gender Frequency Percentage
Female 35 72.9
Male 13 27.1
Total 48 100
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Location of Studies
Location Frequency Percentage
Costa Rica 38 79.2
United States 10 20.8
Total 48 100
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Respiration ResultsPaired Samples t-test
Respiration(baseline vs. experimental)
t df Sig. (2-tailed)
RES1-1:30 RES 3:30-4 3.097 25 .005
RES 1-1:30 RES 4:30-5 2.103 25 .046
RES 1-1:30 RES 5-5:30 2.743 25 .011
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Discussion
• Our data supported the notion that respiration rate was significantly decreased during multiple sections of the video when compared to the baseline.
• Upon further analysis we hope to look at EMG and GSR data. We also would like to compare the differences between independent variables such as gender, major, location, etc.
• In future experiments we'd like to compare data with a larger sample size across multiple cultures.