How Western Buddhist climate activists negotiate climate emotions DOI Creative Commons
Johannes Cairns, Panu Pihkala

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15

Published: Nov. 7, 2024

Understanding the underpinnings of pro-environmental behavior is key to mitigating socio-ecological crisis. Climate emotions have a critical albeit complex role in modulating behavior. Moreover, ideological frames, particularly those from world religions, exert strong influence on behavior, covering most humanity. Among these, Buddhism has long been argued contain elements suited green transition. However, empirical research and ecology scarce, little known about dynamics between climate among Buddhists. In this article, we increase knowledge action by analyzing findings case study investigating thirteen Western Buddhist activists, who operate at intersection environmentalism. Life history thematic interview data shows that interpretations shape attitudes toward profound ways, with respondents manifesting high levels emotional reflexivity. Interpretations compassion interconnectedness facilitate various care for non-human nature. Some participants reported anxiety. Teachings impermanence cultivation equanimity affect engagement grief, anger, despair, hope. karma allow negotiating balance individual guilt allocation responsibility social structures, although emerges as somewhat conflicted participants. Furthermore, emotion norms avoiding anger conflict can prevent collective activation, some were traditional anger. Withdrawal into practice an inner focus was used cope uncertainty burnout, when seen address psychological roots crisis could disengagement. Our contributes interdisciplinary emotions, environmental activism, religion.

Language: Английский

Ecological Sorrow: Types of Grief and Loss in Ecological Grief DOI Open Access
Panu Pihkala

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(2), P. 849 - 849

Published: Jan. 19, 2024

Ecological changes evoke many felt losses and types of grief. These affect sustainability efforts in profound ways. Scholarship on the topic is growing, but relationship between general grief research ecological has received surprisingly little attention. This interdisciplinary article applies theories grief, loss, bereavement to Special attention given “non-death loss” other broad frameworks The dynamics related both local global are discussed. kinds potential arising from issues clarified using tangible/intangible ambiguous nonfinite loss shattered assumptions. Various possible illuminated by discussing chronic sorrow anticipatory grief/mourning. Earlier scholarship disenfranchised augmented further distinctions various forms it may take. difficulties defining complicated or prolonged an context discussed, four “complicated grief” explored. On basis findings, three special identified discussed: transitional lifeworld dreams. implications results for scholarship, counselling coping briefly can be used psychological healthcare professionals researchers also members public who wish reflect their eco-emotions. They have policy makers.

Language: Английский

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Cultural and contextual adaptation of the Solastalgia sub-scale of the Environmental Distress Scale in drought-affected Kilifi, Kenya DOI Creative Commons
Syed Shabab Wahid,

Linda Khakali,

Felix Agoi

et al.

Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

There is an urgent need to measure the psychological toll of climate-related ecological degradation and destruction in low- middle-income countries. However, availability locally adapted tools limited. Our objective was conduct a transcultural translation cultural adaptation (TTA) Solastalgia subscale Environmental Distress Scale (EDS-Solastalgia) Kilifi, Kenya, which undergoing transformational changes due climate change. We conducted 5 expert interviews, 2 Focus Group Discussions (n = 22) 10 cognitive interviews solicit feedback on EDS along following equivalency domains: Comprehensibility (Semantic equivalence); Relevance (Content Response set (Technical equivalence) Completeness (Semantic, criterion conceptual equivalence). After initial back EDS-Solastalgia, respondents identified several terms that needed be altered make scale understandable, less technical culturally acceptable. For some items, recommended examples included aid comprehensibility. Feedback from were iteratively integrated into Swahili EDS-Solastalgia scale, final endorsement all confirmed during interviews. The needs tested for its psychometric properties prior utilization survey studies quantitatively establish burden distress test associations with common mental health conditions.

Language: Английский

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Ecological Grief and the Dual Process Model of Coping with Bereavement DOI Creative Commons
Panu Pihkala

Religions, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16(4), P. 411 - 411

Published: March 24, 2025

The Dual Process Model of Coping with Bereavement (DPM, by Stroebe and Schut) is a well-known framework in contemporary grief research counselling. It depicts how mourners oscillate between various tasks reactions. There need to engage more the intense feelings loss (Loss-Oriented tasks), but also other things life parts adjustment process after (Restoration-Oriented tasks). This interdisciplinary article applies ecological extends it collective levels. While DPM has been broadened family dynamics, many subjects are even require mourning from whole communities or societies. Religious can play an important role this. provides new application called DPM-EcoSocial discusses named it, which ultimately based on researcher Worden’s work. particularities discussed, such as complications caused guilt climate change denial, attribution differences about disasters, nonfinite losses. Grief grievance intimately connected grief, (religious) have for remembrance, mourning, witness. processes lead meaning reconstruction, transilience, adversarial growth.

Language: Английский

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Ecological Grief, Religious Coping, and Spiritual Crises: Exploring Eco-Spiritual Grief DOI Creative Commons
Panu Pihkala

Pastoral Psychology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: July 25, 2024

Abstract Ecological grief results from human-caused environmental changes. While it is a growing subject of study, research on the relationship between and spirituality/religion remains scarce. This article explores topic by focusing frameworks religious coping (complicated) spiritual grief. Religion spirituality can be resources for with ecological grief, but there also difficulties which cause grief: crises about beliefs, estrangement one’s community, disruption in practice. The author proposes new term combinations eco-spiritual Frameworks (the RCOPE) Inventory Complicated Spiritual Grief, ICSG) are analyzed relation to argues that elements these useful spirituality, modifications should made this particular topic. Research avoid individualizing tendencies, strong anthropocentrism, narrow focus monotheism. Some items RCOPE ICSG especially relevant monotheism, they could broadened include other forms spirituality. Themes nuanced matter charted. anyone who wants explore intersections as well theology psychology, have special relevance researchers (pastoral) psychologists.

Language: Английский

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Engaging with Climate Grief, Guilt, and Anger in Religious Communities DOI Creative Commons
Panu Pihkala

Religions, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(9), P. 1052 - 1052

Published: Aug. 29, 2024

Climate change evokes many kinds of emotions, which have an impact on people’s behavior. This article focuses three major climate emotions—guilt, grief, and anger—and other closely related emotional phenomena, such as anxiety/distress. The explores ways in these emotions could be engaged with constructively religious communities, a certain emphasis Christian, monotheistic, Buddhist communities. These communities special resources for engaging guilt but they often profound difficulty working constructive anger. can affect each are probed, the complex dynamics given attention. Based work psychologists Tara Brach Miriam Greenspan, four-step method is proposed discussed: self-reflection, exploration various forms contextualization, creative application methods to channel energies emotions. draws from interdisciplinary research eco-emotions, religion ecology studies, psychology.

Language: Английский

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Emotions related to climate change, and their impact on environmental behaviour DOI

Agnė Skeirytė,

Genovaitė Liobikienė

Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 144659 - 144659

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Grieving the Arctic: From tourism to trauma DOI Creative Commons
Alix Varnajot, Bailey Ashton Adie

Annals of Tourism Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 112, P. 103958 - 103958

Published: April 15, 2025

Language: Английский

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How a research community constructs and uses naturalness: A case study of the 2023 Lookout Fire and the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest in Oregon, USA DOI
Claire Rapp, Michael Nelson

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 383, P. 125467 - 125467

Published: April 23, 2025

Language: Английский

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Animal ethical mourning: types of loss and grief in relation to non-human animals DOI Creative Commons
Panu Pihkala, Elisa Aaltola

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: April 28, 2025

People can feel various kinds of loss and grief in relation to non-human animals. This has been increasingly studied pets companion Recent explorations ecological include wildlife loss, emerging studies observe among veterinarian professionals, zoo personnel, animal researchers. mourn many animals, including farmed but there is a need for more research on the topic. In this interdisciplinary article, we draw attention forms what call ethical mourning: experienced as consequence moral commitment We chart new aspects by applying Pihkala's recent framework Ecological Sorrow (2024) into three case examples: (including pets), grief, grief. find examples, propose two terms socially contradicted "contested grief" "contrapuntal grief." The results are useful anyone who either experiences mourning or wishes provide understanding it societies. findings also inform practices workplaces which

Language: Английский

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Ecological grief among farmers and pastoralists in Ethiopia and Kenya DOI
Syed Shabab Wahid, Christine Musyimi,

Benjamin Oestericher

et al.

SSM - Mental Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 7, P. 100456 - 100456

Published: May 14, 2025

Language: Английский

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