Janet Swim

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Psychology

Research Summary

I use correlational and experimental research to study how people make sense of and choose to respond to social and environmental problems in order to facilitate individual and collective participation in creating conditions where all may live more harmoniously with other people and the planet now and in the future.  This year we are studying how time spent in nature can change the way people view themselves and their relation with nature, implications of different ways of understanding our interdependence with nature on how we view our relationship with animals and nature, and the ways that our emotions are related to the way we communicate about environmental problems and whether we behave sustainably.

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Recent Publications

Experience Matters: Civic Discussion Increases Self-Efficacy and Reduces Forecasted Discomfort in Future Conversations

Geiger, N., Swim, J. K., Mallett, R. K. & Mulvey, L. L., Nov 2023, In: Social Psychological and Personality Science. 14, 8, p. 922-933 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Hopium or empowering hope? A meta-analysis of hope and climate engagement

Geiger, N., Dwyer, T. & Swim, J. K., 2023, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 14, 1139427.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Ecotourism, eudaimonia, and sustainability insights

Lengieza, M. L., Hunt, C. A. & Swim, J. K., 2023, In: Journal of Ecotourism. 22, 1, p. 43-58 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Nature as community: An overlooked predictor of pro-environmental intentions

Lengieza, M. L., Aviste, R. & Swim, J. K., Nov 2023, In: Journal of Environmental Psychology. 91, 102127.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

The Effects of Stereotypes About Animals’ Competence and Warmth on Empathy Choice

Swim, J. K., Guerriero, J. G., Lengieza, M. L. & Cameron, C. D., 2023, In: Anthrozoos. 36, 6, p. 1061-1077 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Empathic choices for animals versus humans: the role of choice context and perceived cost

Cameron, C. D., Lengieza, M. L., Hadjiandreou, E., Swim, J. K. & Chiles, R. M., 2022, In: Journal of Social Psychology. 162, 1, p. 161-177 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Testing the Differential Effects of Death Anxiety and Death Reflection on Proenvironmental Outcomes

Guerriero, J. G. & Swim, J. K., Jun 30 2022, In: Translational Issues in Psychological Science. 8, 4, p. 489-502 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Psychological Science in the Wake of COVID-19: Social, Methodological, and Metascientific Considerations

Rosenfeld, D. L., Balcetis, E., Bastian, B., Berkman, E. T., Bosson, J. K., Brannon, T. N., Burrow, A. L., Cameron, C. D., Chen, S., Cook, J. E., Crandall, C., Davidai, S., Dhont, K., Eastwick, P. W., Gaither, S. E., Gangestad, S. W., Gilovich, T., Gray, K., Haines, E. L. & Haselton, M. G. & 32 others, Haslam, N., Hodson, G., Hogg, M. A., Hornsey, M. J., Huo, Y. J., Joel, S., Kachanoff, F. J., Kraft-Todd, G., Leary, M. R., Ledgerwood, A., Lee, R. T., Loughnan, S., MacInnis, C. C., Mann, T., Murray, D. R., Parkinson, C., Pérez, E. O., Pyszczynski, T., Ratner, K., Rothgerber, H., Rounds, J. D., Schaller, M., Silver, R. C., Spellman, B. A., Strohminger, N., Swim, J. K., Thoemmes, F., Urganci, B., Vandello, J. A., Volz, S., Zayas, V. & Tomiyama, A. J., Mar 2022, In: Perspectives on Psychological Science. 17, 2, p. 311-333 23 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Promoting systems thinking and pro-environmental policy support through serious games

Sajjadi, P., Bagher, M. M., Myrick, J., Guerriero, J. G., White, T. S., Klippel, A. & Swim, J. K., Oct 2022, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Not out of MY bank account! Science messaging when climate change policies carry personal financial costs

Swim, J. K., Geiger, N. & Guerriero, J. G., 2022, In: Thinking and Reasoning. 28, 3, p. 346-374 29 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

OK Boomer: A decade of generational differences in feelings about climate change

Swim, J. K., Aviste, R., Lengieza, M. L. & Fasano, C. J., Mar 2022, In: Global Environmental Change. 73, 102479.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Psychological Contributions to Advancing Global Health

Swim, J. K., 2022, In: Translational Issues in Psychological Science. 8, 4, p. 441-447 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

How do I feel when I think about taking action? Hope and boredom, not anxiety and helplessness, predict intentions to take climate action

Geiger, N., Swim, J. K., Gasper, K., Fraser, J. & Flinner, K., Aug 2021, In: Journal of Environmental Psychology. 76, 101649.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Using the three-pillar model of sustainability to understand lay reactions to climate policy: A multilevel approach

Geiger, N., Swim, J. K. & Benson, L., Dec 2021, In: Environmental Science and Policy. 126, p. 132-141 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Diminished Public Self-Awareness in Nature Contributes to the Positive Effects of Contact with Nature on Connectedness to Nature

Lengieza, M. L. & Swim, J. K., Sep 2021, In: Ecopsychology. 13, 3, p. 210-218 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review