This paper examined the factors influencing Chinese college students’ psychological perceptions of green retrofitting of college sports stadiums. It focused on the roles of green skepticism, future rational cognition, and future perceptual cognition. A total of 551 college students from five universities in Xi’an were tested. The results indicated that college students’ green skepticism, future rational cognition, future perceptual cognition, and psychological perceptions of green retrofitting of college sports stadiums were at a moderate level and that green skepticism had a significant and negative influence on college students’ psychological perceptions of green retrofitting of college sports stadiums. Green skepticism was a significant negative predictor of environmental values ($\beta$ = −0.183, p < 0.001), natural empathy ($\beta$ = −0.164, p < 0.001), and moral elevation ($\beta$ = −0.187, p < 0.001). In addition, future rational cognition and future perceptual cognition served as parallel mediators in the college students’ psychological perceptions of green retrofitting of stadiums. It is notable that the mediating effect of future rational cognition was greater than that of future perceptual cognition. The findings indicate that resolving green skepticism and enhancing transparency and trust are crucial for enhancing college students’ psychological perceptions and the behavioral benefits of green retrofitting of college sports stadiums. Furthermore, the facilitating effect of future rational cognition and future perceptual cognition assists college students in making more rational and ethical decisions and in garnering broad support for environmental actions.

As the scale and complexity of sports stadium construction projects around the world continue to grow, the safety risks faced by workers are becoming increasingly severe. In particular, the emergency response capabilities of workers have become a key factor affecting construction safety when dealing with unexpected accidents. However, there is still a relative lack of systematic exploration of the factors affecting the emergency response capabilities of sports stadium construction workers in existing research, especially the complex impact of multidimensional safety attitudes and knowledge sharing on this ability. This study focuses on the intersection of safety management and organizational behavior, analyzing how the safety awareness, safety behavior, safety culture, and safety responsibility of stadium construction workers affect their emergency response capabilities. It further explores the mediating role of knowledge sharing in this process. Through structural equation model (SEM) analysis of survey data, this study found that although safety culture did not directly affect emergency response capabilities, it had a significant indirect effect through knowledge sharing. Safety awareness did not significantly improve emergency response capabilities through knowledge sharing. In contrast, safety behavior and safety responsibility both had a significant direct and indirect impact on workers’ emergency response capabilities. This study not only provides a new theoretical framework for improving the emergency response capabilities of construction workers, but also reveals the potential value of knowledge sharing as a safety management tool. The research results have certain guiding significance for the future safety management policy design of large and complex construction projects such as sports stadiums. It emphasizes the synergistic effect of promoting knowledge sharing and comprehensively improving safety attitudes in emergency response, which will provide a scientific basis for more efficient construction safety management.