Climate change risk perception and adaptive behavior of coffee farmers: the mediating role of climate-related attitudinal factors and moderating role of self-efficacy

Tuyen Thi Tran () and Hong Chen ()
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Tuyen Thi Tran: Northeast Forestry University
Hong Chen: Northeast Forestry University

Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2022, vol. 12, issue 2, No 15, 354-368

Abstract: Abstract Despite the burgeoning of research on climate change, there are still significant gaps in our understanding of the antecedents of climate change and adaptation behavior. Drawing on a survey of coffee farmers in Honduras, this study explores the impact of climate change risk perception (CCRP) on adaptation behavior of coffee farmers and explores the mediating role of climate-related attitudinal factors and the moderating role of self-efficacy in the relationship between climate change risk perception and adaptation behavior. Data are analyzed in the partial least square structural equation model (PLS-SEM) (v 3.3.3). The findings of this study supported the hypothesized relationship between CCRP and adaptation behavior, mediated by climate-related attitudinal factors, such that, concern for climate change, skepticism, and feeling of powerlessness significantly mediate the underlying relationship between CCRP and adaptation behavior. Furthermore, the study found that self-efficacy significantly moderates the relationship between CCRP and adaptation behavior such that the relationship is more pronounced at high levels of self-efficacy and vice versa. In addition, the study also found significant interaction effect of self-efficacy in the indirect relationship between CCRP and adaptation behavior, mediated by attitudes towards climate change. Finally, the study presents significant implications for research and practice.

Keywords: Climate change; Climate change risk perception; Skepticism; Feeling of powerlessness; Adaptation behavior; Self-efficacy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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