50 chapter 2 Exploratory Analyses Higher transilience was associated with a higher degree of positive changes experienced because of being confronted with climate change, with a medium effect (see Table 2.13). Furthermore, higher transilience was associated with lower levels of climate change anxiety, with a small effect (r = -.09, p = .012; see Table 2.13). Discussion In Study 4 we replicated most of the findings of Study 3, supporting the content, concurrent, discriminant and predictive validity of the transilience scale, in a big representative sample of the United Kingdom population. Again, we found that people on average perceive they can be transilient. Contrary to Study 3, higher transilience was associated with perceiving less climate change risks, and transilience was not significantly related to support for local adaptation policies, political collective action, and collective adaptation behaviours. This last finding can be due to the lack of variance in collective adaptation behaviours, as 95% of the sample had not engaged in any of these behaviours. Furthermore, contrary to Studies 1 and 2, the relationship between transilience and adaptation behaviours and intentions was mostly no longer significant when controlling for self- or outcome efficacy. Yet, transilience remained consistently related to well-being, when controlling for self- and outcome efficacy, or for well-being.
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