106 chapter 4 Information Seeking about the SensHagen Initiative. Participants indicated whether they wanted to receive a link to the SensHagen website at the end of the survey, by answering either 1 - yes or 2 - no. The link was provided to all participants at the end of the survey because the survey platform used (Enalyzer) did not allow for selective distribution based on participant responses. Furthermore, we could not verify whether participants clicked on the link, which implies this measure is not a true behavioural measure. Community-based Adaptation Intentions. We asked participants to what extent they intend to engage in six community-based adaptation behaviours within the next year. We aimed to capture a broad range of behaviours, thus we included three incremental behaviours that preserve the status quo (van Valkengoed & Steg, 2019b; e.g., ‘participate in a neighbourhood initiative to protect Stadshagen against flooding, for example by jointly purchasing sandbags to hold back the water’) and three transformative behaviours that challenge the status quo by developing new alternatives and seeking opportunities (Fedele et al., 2019; Wilson, 2020; e.g., ‘contribute to a plan for the redevelopment of Stadshagen to reduce flood risks’). Two items focused on adapting to climate change risks in general, two items focused on flooding and two items on heatwaves, as these are climate change risks faced by residents of Stadshagen. Participants rated each item on a scale from 1 - not at all to 7 - certainly yes. Individual Adaptation Intentions. We asked participants to what extent they intend to engage in six individual adaptation behaviours within the next year. As for communitybased adaptation intentions, we included three incremental behaviours (e.g., ‘buy insurance to cover the costs of the consequences of a flood on my household effects and/or house’) and three transformative behaviours (e.g., ‘greening my backyard and/ or getting a green roof to keep cool during a heatwave’). Again, items were about adapting to climate change risks in general, or to the specific risks of flooding and heatwaves, respectively. Participants rated each item on a scale from 1 - not at all to 7 - certainly yes. Results and Discussion First, we confirmed the content, concurrent, discriminant and incremental validity of the collective transilience scale (see Supplementary Materials). Next, using the psych package (Revelle, 2019), we examined the mean scores of all measures. Table 4.2 shows that respondents perceived they could be transilient, although more strongly as an individual than as a community (Mdiff = 0.46, t(297) = 8.22; p < .001; d = .48). Respondents evaluated the SensHagen initiative positively, showed interest to join SensHagen (i.e., both mean scores were above the midpoint of the scales), and
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