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| The Impact of Air Pollution on Individual Emotions: Evidence from Big Data and Experiments |
| DU Mei-han1 WU Jin-yan2 CHEN Hao2 3 |
| 1. Institute of Applied Psychology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300354, China; 2. Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China; 3. Research Centre for Greater Bay Area Social Psychology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China |
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Abstract There is a lack of high ecological validity real-time data analysis and high internal validity experimental research in studying the emotional consequences of air pollution. The current research first conducted panel data analyses on 52.92 million Weibo posts from 297,067 users in 422 prefecture-level cities in Mainland China, along with corresponding spatiotemporal data on air quality and meteorology. Results showed that PM2.5 and AQI could significantly negatively predict SnowNLP emotion index in 2014, while in 2017 when air pollution control measures were effective, no such association was found. The current research then utilized the picture-priming paradigm to conduct an experimental study and found that air pollution could significantly affect individual negative emotions, with threat perception acting as a mediator.
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Published: 04 June 2023
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DU Mei-han,WU Jin-yan,CHEN Hao. The Impact of Air Pollution on Individual Emotions: Evidence from Big Data and Experiments[J]. 应用心理学, 2024, 30(3): 281-288.
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http://www.appliedpsy.cn/EN/Y2024/V30/I3/281 |
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