This page contains select publications, illustrative of my research.
My last three years of publications can be found here.
A full list of my publications can be found on vita.
Many can also be found on Google Scholar
CLIMATE CHANGE
Hope
Geiger, N., Dwyer, T., & Swim, J. K. (2023). Hopium or empowering hope? A meta-analysis of hope and climate engagement. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1139427. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1139427
Geiger, N., Swim, J.K., Gasper, K. Fraser, J., & Flinner, K. (2021). How do I feel when I think about taking action? Hope and boredom, not anxiety and helplessness, predict intentions to take climate action. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 76, 101649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101649
Geiger, N., Gasper, K., Swim, J.K., & Fraser, J. (2019). Untangling the components of hope: Increasing pathways (not agency) explains the success of an intervention that increases educators’ climate change discussions, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 66; 101366; DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.101366
Policy support
Swim, J. K., Geiger, N., & Guerriero, J. G. (2021). Not out of MY bank account! Science messaging when climate change policies carry personal financial costs. Thinking & Reasoning, 0(0), 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2021.1957710
Swim, J. K., & Geiger, N. (2021). Policy attributes, perceived impacts, and climate change policy preferences. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 77, 101673. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101673 For a summary see Swim, J. K., & Geiger, N. (2021). Americans support climate change policies, especially those that give them incentives and clean up the energy supply. The Conversation.Geiger, N., Swim, J. K., & Benson, L. (2021). Using the three-pillar model of sustainability to understand lay reactions to climate policy: A multilevel approach. Environmental Science & Policy, 126, 132-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.09.023
Talking about climate change
Geiger, N., Swim, J. K., Mallett, R. K., & Mulvey, L. L. (2022). Experience Matters: Civic Discussion Increases Self-Efficacy and Reduces Forecasted Discomfort in Future Conversations. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506221143593
Geiger, N., Swim, J.K., Glenna, L. (2019). Spreading the Green Word. A social community perspective into environmentally sustainable behavior. Environment and Behavior, 51(5), 561-589. 10.1177/0013916518812925
Swim, J.K., Vescio, T.K., Dahl, J., & Zawadzki, S. (2018). Gendered discourse about climate change policies. Global Environmental Change 48, 216–225. doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.12.005
Geiger & Swim (2016). Climate of silence: Pluralistic ignorance as a barrier to climate change discussion. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 47, 79-90.
Science communication
Swim, J.K., Geiger, N.A., Sweetland, J., & Fraser, J. (2018). Social Construction of Scientifically Grounded Climate Change Discussions. To appear in S. Clayton & C. Manning (Eds.) Psychology and Climate Change: From Denial and Depression to coping to Adaptation and Resilience. San Diego: Elsevier.
Geiger, N., Swim, J.K., & Fraser, J. (2017). Creating a climate for change: Interventions, efficacy and public discussion about climate. Journal of Environmental Psychology 51, 104-116.
Geiger, N., Swim, J. K., Fraser, J., & Flinner, K. (2017). Catalyzing public engagement with climate change through informal science learning centers. Science Communication. Vol 39, Issue 2, pp. 221 - 249
Swim, J.K., Geiger, N., Fraser, J., & Pletcher, N. (2017) Climate Change Education at Nature-based Museums. Curator: The Museum Journal. 60(1), 101-119. doi.org/doi:10.1111/cura.12187
Collective action
Sabherwal, A., Ballew, M., van der linden, S., Gustofson, A., Goldberg, M.H., Maibach, E.W., Kotcher, J.E., Swim, J.K., Rosenthanl, S.A., & Leiserowitz, A. (2021) The Greta Effect: Familiarity with Greta Thunberg Predicts Intentions to Engage in Climate Activism in the United States". Journal of Social Psychology. DOI: 10:.1111/jasp.12737.
Swim, J. K., Geiger, N., & Lengieza, M. L. (2019). Climate change marches as motivators for bystander collective action. Frontiers in Communication, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2019.00004
Gender and climate change/Sustainability
Bloodhart, B., & Swim, J. K. (2020). Sustainability & Consumption: What’s Gender Got to Do with It? Journal of Social Issues. 76(1) 101-113. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12370
Swim, J. K., & Geiger, N. (2018). The gendered nature of stereotypes about climate change opinion groups. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 21(3), 438–456. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430217747406
Geiger, N., & Swim, J. K. (2018). Gendered Impressions of Issue Publics as Predictors of Climate Activism. Frontiers in Communication, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2018.00054
Swim, J.K., Gillis, A.J., & Hamaty, K.J. (2019). Gender Bending and Gender Conformity: The Social Consequences of Engaging in Feminine and Masculine Pro-Environmental Behaviors. Sex Roles, http://dx.doi.org/DOI: 10.1007/s11199-019-01061-9
ANIMALS
Swim, J. K., Guerriero, J. G., Lengieza, M. L., & Cameron, C. D. (2023). The Effects of Stereotypes about Animals’ Competence and Warmth on Empathy Choice. Anthrozoös, 0(0), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2023.2248763
Cameron, C. D., Lengieza, M. L., Hadjiandreou, E., Swim, J. K., & Chiles, R. M. (2022). Empathic choices for animals versus humans: The role of choice context and perceived cost. Journal of Social Psychology. 162(1) 161-177. 10.1080/00224545.2021.1997890
Swim, J.K., & Bloodhart, B. (2014). Portraying the Perils to Polar Bears: The Role of Empathic and Objective Perspective Taking Toward Animals in Climate Change Communication. Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture, 9(1), 446-468.
PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT LAND USE
Swim, J.K., Johnson, S.L, Cundiff, J.L., & Lord, B. (2014). Environmental Identity and Community Support for the Preservation of Open Space. Human Ecology Review.
Gillis, A. J., & Swim, J. K. (2020). Adding native plants to home landscapes: The roles of attitudes, social norms, and situational strength. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 72, 101519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101519
VALUES AND CONNECTION TO NATURE
Lengieza, M. L., Aviste, R., & Swim, J. K. (2023). Nature as community: An overlooked predictor of pro-environmental intentions. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 91, 102127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102127
Lengieza, M. L., & Swim, J. K. (2021). The Paths to Connectedness: A Review of the Antecedents of Connectedness to Nature. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 5127. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.763231
Lengieza, M.L., Hunt, C.A., & Swim, J.K. (2019). Travel-induced learning: A Validation of the Sustainability Insight Scale. Current Issues in Tourism. 23:8, 938-941, DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2019.1584160
Lengieza, M. L., Hunt, C. A., & Swim, J. K. (2018). Measuring eudaimonic travel experiences. Annals of Tourism Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2018.05.002
OVERVIEW OF PSYCHOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY (ESPECIALLY, AS IT RELATES TO CLIMATE CHANGE).
Swim, J.K., Cruz, S.M., & Aviste, A. (under review). Environmental Attitudes, Values, and Worldviews: A review and Critique. In Ian Walker (Editor). Handbook of Environmental Psychology.
Clayton, S., Swim, J.K. (2023). Climate Change Impacts on Mental Health and Well-Being. In Tim W. Smith & Norman B. Anderson (Editors). APA Handbook of Health Psychology, Volume 1: Foundations and Context of Health Psychology.
Swim, J. K. (2022). Psychological contributions to advancing global health. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 8(4), 441-447. https://doi.org/10.1037/tps0000354
Geiger, N., Swim, J.K., & Gruszczynski, M. (2022). Political psychology and the climate crisis. In Osborne, D., & Sibley, C. (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Political Psychology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Geiger, N. & Swim, J.K. (2021). Understanding Lay Individuals’ Mental Models of Sustainability. In F. Weder, L. Krainer, & M. Karmasin (Eds.), The Sustainability Communication Reader: A Reflective Compendium. Berlin, Germany: Springer. Pp. 301-321 ISBN 978-3-658-31883-3
Swim, J. K., & Bloodhart, B. (2018). The intergroup foundations of climate change justice. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 21(3), 472–496. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430217745366
Geiger, N., Middlewood, B., & Swim, J.K. (2020). Psychological, social, and cultural barriers to communicating about climate change. In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Climate Science (updated 2020 edition). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. DOI:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.377.
Swim, J.K., & Bloodhart, B. (2018). Climate change justice and intergroup relationships. Group process and Intergroup Relations
Clayton, S., Devine-Wright, P., Swim, J., Bonnes, M., Steg, L., Whitmarsh, L., & Carrico, A. (2016). Expanding the role for psychology in addressing environmental challenges. American Psychologist, 71.3, 199-215.
Clayton, S., Devine-Wright, P. Stern, P.C., Whitmarsh, L. Carrico, A., Steg, L., Swim, J. and Bonnes, M. (2015) Psychological Research and Global Climate Change. Nature Climate Change, 5, 640-646.
Reser, J. P., & Swim, J. K. (2011). Adapting to and coping with the threat and impacts of climate change. American Psychologist, 66(4), 277-289.doi:10.1037/a0023412.
Swim, J. K., Clayton,S., Howard, G. S. (2011). Human behavioral contributions to climate change:Psychological and contextual drivers. American Psychologist, 66(4),251-264. doi:10.1037/a0023472.
Swim, J.K., Clayton, S., Doherty, T.J. Gifford, R., Howard, G., Stern, P.C, Reser, J., Stern, P., & Weber, E., (2009). Psychology & Global Climate Change addressing a multifaceted phenomenon and set of challenges. A report of the American Psychological Association Task Force on the Interface Between Psychology and Global Climate Change.
Swim, J.K., Markowitz, Ezra, M.& Bloodhart, B. (2012). Psychology and Climate change: Beliefs,Impacts, and Human contributions. In S. Clayton (Ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Environmental and Conservation Psychology. Oxford University Press.
Swim, J. K., Stern, P.C., Doherty, T. J., Clayton, S., Reser, J. P., Weber, E. U., Gifford, R., etal. (2011). Psychology’s contributions to understanding and addressing global climate change. American Psychologist, 66(4), 241-250.doi:10.1037/a0023220.
My last three years of publications can be found here.
A full list of my publications can be found on vita.
Many can also be found on Google Scholar
CLIMATE CHANGE
Hope
Geiger, N., Dwyer, T., & Swim, J. K. (2023). Hopium or empowering hope? A meta-analysis of hope and climate engagement. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1139427. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1139427
Geiger, N., Swim, J.K., Gasper, K. Fraser, J., & Flinner, K. (2021). How do I feel when I think about taking action? Hope and boredom, not anxiety and helplessness, predict intentions to take climate action. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 76, 101649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101649
Geiger, N., Gasper, K., Swim, J.K., & Fraser, J. (2019). Untangling the components of hope: Increasing pathways (not agency) explains the success of an intervention that increases educators’ climate change discussions, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 66; 101366; DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.101366
Policy support
Swim, J. K., Geiger, N., & Guerriero, J. G. (2021). Not out of MY bank account! Science messaging when climate change policies carry personal financial costs. Thinking & Reasoning, 0(0), 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2021.1957710
Swim, J. K., & Geiger, N. (2021). Policy attributes, perceived impacts, and climate change policy preferences. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 77, 101673. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101673 For a summary see Swim, J. K., & Geiger, N. (2021). Americans support climate change policies, especially those that give them incentives and clean up the energy supply. The Conversation.Geiger, N., Swim, J. K., & Benson, L. (2021). Using the three-pillar model of sustainability to understand lay reactions to climate policy: A multilevel approach. Environmental Science & Policy, 126, 132-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.09.023
Talking about climate change
Geiger, N., Swim, J. K., Mallett, R. K., & Mulvey, L. L. (2022). Experience Matters: Civic Discussion Increases Self-Efficacy and Reduces Forecasted Discomfort in Future Conversations. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506221143593
Geiger, N., Swim, J.K., Glenna, L. (2019). Spreading the Green Word. A social community perspective into environmentally sustainable behavior. Environment and Behavior, 51(5), 561-589. 10.1177/0013916518812925
Swim, J.K., Vescio, T.K., Dahl, J., & Zawadzki, S. (2018). Gendered discourse about climate change policies. Global Environmental Change 48, 216–225. doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.12.005
Geiger & Swim (2016). Climate of silence: Pluralistic ignorance as a barrier to climate change discussion. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 47, 79-90.
Science communication
Swim, J.K., Geiger, N.A., Sweetland, J., & Fraser, J. (2018). Social Construction of Scientifically Grounded Climate Change Discussions. To appear in S. Clayton & C. Manning (Eds.) Psychology and Climate Change: From Denial and Depression to coping to Adaptation and Resilience. San Diego: Elsevier.
Geiger, N., Swim, J.K., & Fraser, J. (2017). Creating a climate for change: Interventions, efficacy and public discussion about climate. Journal of Environmental Psychology 51, 104-116.
Geiger, N., Swim, J. K., Fraser, J., & Flinner, K. (2017). Catalyzing public engagement with climate change through informal science learning centers. Science Communication. Vol 39, Issue 2, pp. 221 - 249
Swim, J.K., Geiger, N., Fraser, J., & Pletcher, N. (2017) Climate Change Education at Nature-based Museums. Curator: The Museum Journal. 60(1), 101-119. doi.org/doi:10.1111/cura.12187
Collective action
Sabherwal, A., Ballew, M., van der linden, S., Gustofson, A., Goldberg, M.H., Maibach, E.W., Kotcher, J.E., Swim, J.K., Rosenthanl, S.A., & Leiserowitz, A. (2021) The Greta Effect: Familiarity with Greta Thunberg Predicts Intentions to Engage in Climate Activism in the United States". Journal of Social Psychology. DOI: 10:.1111/jasp.12737.
Swim, J. K., Geiger, N., & Lengieza, M. L. (2019). Climate change marches as motivators for bystander collective action. Frontiers in Communication, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2019.00004
Gender and climate change/Sustainability
Bloodhart, B., & Swim, J. K. (2020). Sustainability & Consumption: What’s Gender Got to Do with It? Journal of Social Issues. 76(1) 101-113. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12370
Swim, J. K., & Geiger, N. (2018). The gendered nature of stereotypes about climate change opinion groups. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 21(3), 438–456. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430217747406
Geiger, N., & Swim, J. K. (2018). Gendered Impressions of Issue Publics as Predictors of Climate Activism. Frontiers in Communication, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2018.00054
Swim, J.K., Gillis, A.J., & Hamaty, K.J. (2019). Gender Bending and Gender Conformity: The Social Consequences of Engaging in Feminine and Masculine Pro-Environmental Behaviors. Sex Roles, http://dx.doi.org/DOI: 10.1007/s11199-019-01061-9
ANIMALS
Swim, J. K., Guerriero, J. G., Lengieza, M. L., & Cameron, C. D. (2023). The Effects of Stereotypes about Animals’ Competence and Warmth on Empathy Choice. Anthrozoös, 0(0), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2023.2248763
Cameron, C. D., Lengieza, M. L., Hadjiandreou, E., Swim, J. K., & Chiles, R. M. (2022). Empathic choices for animals versus humans: The role of choice context and perceived cost. Journal of Social Psychology. 162(1) 161-177. 10.1080/00224545.2021.1997890
Swim, J.K., & Bloodhart, B. (2014). Portraying the Perils to Polar Bears: The Role of Empathic and Objective Perspective Taking Toward Animals in Climate Change Communication. Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture, 9(1), 446-468.
PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT LAND USE
Swim, J.K., Johnson, S.L, Cundiff, J.L., & Lord, B. (2014). Environmental Identity and Community Support for the Preservation of Open Space. Human Ecology Review.
Gillis, A. J., & Swim, J. K. (2020). Adding native plants to home landscapes: The roles of attitudes, social norms, and situational strength. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 72, 101519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101519
VALUES AND CONNECTION TO NATURE
Lengieza, M. L., Aviste, R., & Swim, J. K. (2023). Nature as community: An overlooked predictor of pro-environmental intentions. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 91, 102127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102127
Lengieza, M. L., & Swim, J. K. (2021). The Paths to Connectedness: A Review of the Antecedents of Connectedness to Nature. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 5127. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.763231
Lengieza, M.L., Hunt, C.A., & Swim, J.K. (2019). Travel-induced learning: A Validation of the Sustainability Insight Scale. Current Issues in Tourism. 23:8, 938-941, DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2019.1584160
Lengieza, M. L., Hunt, C. A., & Swim, J. K. (2018). Measuring eudaimonic travel experiences. Annals of Tourism Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2018.05.002
OVERVIEW OF PSYCHOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY (ESPECIALLY, AS IT RELATES TO CLIMATE CHANGE).
Swim, J.K., Cruz, S.M., & Aviste, A. (under review). Environmental Attitudes, Values, and Worldviews: A review and Critique. In Ian Walker (Editor). Handbook of Environmental Psychology.
Clayton, S., Swim, J.K. (2023). Climate Change Impacts on Mental Health and Well-Being. In Tim W. Smith & Norman B. Anderson (Editors). APA Handbook of Health Psychology, Volume 1: Foundations and Context of Health Psychology.
Swim, J. K. (2022). Psychological contributions to advancing global health. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 8(4), 441-447. https://doi.org/10.1037/tps0000354
Geiger, N., Swim, J.K., & Gruszczynski, M. (2022). Political psychology and the climate crisis. In Osborne, D., & Sibley, C. (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Political Psychology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Geiger, N. & Swim, J.K. (2021). Understanding Lay Individuals’ Mental Models of Sustainability. In F. Weder, L. Krainer, & M. Karmasin (Eds.), The Sustainability Communication Reader: A Reflective Compendium. Berlin, Germany: Springer. Pp. 301-321 ISBN 978-3-658-31883-3
Swim, J. K., & Bloodhart, B. (2018). The intergroup foundations of climate change justice. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 21(3), 472–496. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430217745366
Geiger, N., Middlewood, B., & Swim, J.K. (2020). Psychological, social, and cultural barriers to communicating about climate change. In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Climate Science (updated 2020 edition). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. DOI:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.377.
Swim, J.K., & Bloodhart, B. (2018). Climate change justice and intergroup relationships. Group process and Intergroup Relations
Clayton, S., Devine-Wright, P., Swim, J., Bonnes, M., Steg, L., Whitmarsh, L., & Carrico, A. (2016). Expanding the role for psychology in addressing environmental challenges. American Psychologist, 71.3, 199-215.
Clayton, S., Devine-Wright, P. Stern, P.C., Whitmarsh, L. Carrico, A., Steg, L., Swim, J. and Bonnes, M. (2015) Psychological Research and Global Climate Change. Nature Climate Change, 5, 640-646.
Reser, J. P., & Swim, J. K. (2011). Adapting to and coping with the threat and impacts of climate change. American Psychologist, 66(4), 277-289.doi:10.1037/a0023412.
Swim, J. K., Clayton,S., Howard, G. S. (2011). Human behavioral contributions to climate change:Psychological and contextual drivers. American Psychologist, 66(4),251-264. doi:10.1037/a0023472.
Swim, J.K., Clayton, S., Doherty, T.J. Gifford, R., Howard, G., Stern, P.C, Reser, J., Stern, P., & Weber, E., (2009). Psychology & Global Climate Change addressing a multifaceted phenomenon and set of challenges. A report of the American Psychological Association Task Force on the Interface Between Psychology and Global Climate Change.
Swim, J.K., Markowitz, Ezra, M.& Bloodhart, B. (2012). Psychology and Climate change: Beliefs,Impacts, and Human contributions. In S. Clayton (Ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Environmental and Conservation Psychology. Oxford University Press.
Swim, J. K., Stern, P.C., Doherty, T. J., Clayton, S., Reser, J. P., Weber, E. U., Gifford, R., etal. (2011). Psychology’s contributions to understanding and addressing global climate change. American Psychologist, 66(4), 241-250.doi:10.1037/a0023220.