Anxiety-to-Approach Agent-Based Model (Netlogo) (1.0.0)

An Agent-Based Model to simulate agent reactions to threatening information based on the anxiety-to-approach framework of Jonas et al. (2014).
The model showcases the framework of BIS/BAS (inhibitory and approach motivated behavior) for the case of climate information, including parameters for anxiety, environmental awareness, climate scepticism and pro-environmental behavior intention.

Agents receive external information according to threat-level and information frequency. The population dynamic is based on the learning from that information as well as social contagion mechanisms through a scale-free network topology.

The model uses Netlogo 6.2 and the network extension.

Release Notes

Netlogo 6.2 or similar version required with network extension. Ensemble simulations possible.

Associated Publications

Kapeller, Marie Lisa, and Georg Jäger. “Threat and anxiety in the climate debate—An agent-based model to investigate climate scepticism and pro-environmental behaviour.” Sustainability 12.5 (2020): 1823.

Kapeller, Marie L., Georg Jäger, and Manfred Füllsack. “Social Norms and the Threat of Climate Change: An Agent-Based Model to Investigate Pro-Environmental Behaviour.” Advances in Social Simulation: Proceedings of the 15th Social Simulation Conference: 23–27 September 2019. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021.