Climate anxiety, economic policy uncertainty, and green growth

Economic Change and Restructuring, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 58(1)

Published: Jan. 18, 2025

Language: Английский

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Climate change impacts on child and adolescent health and well-being: A narrative review

Journal of Global Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14

Published: May 23, 2024

Worldwide, the climate is changing and affecting health well-being of children in many ways. In this review, we provided an overview how change-related events may affect child adolescent well-being, including children's mental physical health, nutrition, safety security, learning opportunities, family caregiving connectedness.

Language: Английский

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A social psychology of climate change: Progress and promise

British Journal of Social Psychology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 27, 2024

Abstract Social psychologists have conducted research relevant to environmental problems for many decades. However, the climate crisis presents a new problem with distinctive aspects and urgency. This paper reviews some of principal ways in which social psychological theory approached topic, looking at perceptions, behaviour, impacts linked change. Each these areas is becoming more sophisticated acknowledging diversity experience among groups that vary demographics roles. I close by identifying three important facets future research: focus on justice, an effort participate interdisciplinary efforts, emphasis maximizing our impact.

Language: Английский

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Exploring the relationships between worry about climate change, belief about personal responsibility, and mental wellbeing among adolescents and young adults

Wellbeing Space and Society, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6, P. 100198 - 100198

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Today's adolescents and young adults experience high levels of media coverage, public opinion, formal education about climate change. The people today are also projected to more change related extreme events than previous generations. Although may worry the impacts feel personal responsibility reduce change, there is little known how this relates their mental wellbeing. This study used data from 2016/17 European Social Survey Round 8 examine relationships between beliefs with wellbeing (happiness life satisfaction) among adults. Worry was negatively associated both happiness satisfaction. Belief a positively Frequency thoughts moderated belief happiness. in relationship outcomes. These findings suggest that who personally responsible for reduction report on average better wellbeing, which means holding such could be promotive factor positive health

Language: Английский

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A dual-continuum framework to evaluate climate change impacts on mental health

Nature Mental Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2(11), P. 1318 - 1326

Published: Oct. 31, 2024

Language: Английский

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The Impact of Integrating Sustainable Development Goals on Students’ Awareness and Pro-Environmental Behavior: A Case Study of Jordan

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(6), P. 2588 - 2588

Published: March 15, 2025

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have a significant role in raising competences critical for addressing global sustainability challenges. However, lack of awareness was observed among university students. This study examines students’ and pro-environmental behaviors within higher education institution Jordan. It explores the educational institutions fostering encouraging by integrating sustainable development goals into their curricula. The employs quantitative methodology, comprising primary data collected through designed survey. survey answered 503 students from University research adopted combination statistical methods analysis results, including t-tests, one-way ANOVA, Tukey’s post hoc test. A regression results performed to test proposed hypotheses. reveal that while moderate level awareness, they display high behavior. Furthermore, reveals inclusion 17 SDGs curriculum positively impacts influences behaviors. also suggest student behavior at Jordan is impacted gender, age, academic year, remains consistent. concluded geared enhance understanding recommends targeted enhancements increase drive behavioral changes. importance this lies exploration developing countries, where on topic limited.

Language: Английский

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Climate Change and Youth: Fast-Tracking Mental Health Solutions

Journal of Applied Youth Studies, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 7, 2025

Language: Английский

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Eco-anxiety or simply eco-worry? Incremental validity study in a representative Spanish sample

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16

Published: April 10, 2025

Scientific literature is keen to promote the study of eco-anxiety despite its current low prevalence and inconsistent relationships with pro-environmental behavior mental health. In this paper, we analyze in a representative sample Spanish population (N = 1911) incremental validity eco-worry construct concerning that at three levels environmental commitment: high (environmental activists), medium (people who are not part any organization but would like to), neither belong groups nor want to). Our results showed (1) activists our did seem be eco-anxious rather eco-worried, (2) commitment, positively mediated relationship between climate change perception general willingness for behavior, eco-worry, eco-anxiety, connected life satisfaction through behave pro-environmentally. It concluded does add anything more intuitive non-pathological concept except alarm signal, which all strategic when goal individual behaviors collective social actions.

Language: Английский

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Psychological impacts of climate change on US youth

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 122(16)

Published: April 17, 2025

Awareness of the threats climate change is causing distress in increasingly documented ways, with youth particularly affected. Experiences such as and eco-anxiety have implications for health well-being societies economies, including individuals’ mental future planning, well their agency beliefs. Here, we show a large sample US (n = 2,834, ages 16 to 24) that majority experience moderate some functional interference from climate-related thoughts feelings neutral slightly positive sense agency. They feel concern, interest, disappointment, frustration, sadness, anxiousness, anger affective responses crisis, report awareness may influence plans education, travel, family planning. The key takeaway this study psychological impacts can either impairing or strengthening effects, especially face increased perceived direct exposure. Results self-reported events associated eco-anxiety, distress, impact on but also fortifying adaptation These findings highlight need systems communities prepare address related concerns exposure hazards increases, ways strengthen healthy coping act. populations, behaviors, life choices young people experiencing these threats.

Language: Английский

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Assessment of Children’s Health and Climate Changes effects in Urban Spaces: A Review of Healthy and Smart Cities Viewpoint

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 2, 2025

This study addresses the serious challenges climate change poses to children’s well-being and explores potential role of virtual reality (VR) in enhancing urban health. A systematic literature review, guided by PRISMA, mapped needs physical digital environments. Analysis 2,511 sources (n = 38 final studies) using VOS viewer software revealed 1,000 keyword clusters exposed an important difference between existing research topics for healthy smart cities (HSCs) children. Key findings highlight critical gaps effective mitigation strategies tailored vulnerabilities lack their participation planning. Mostly, low occurrence keywords such as children's health shows a worrying gap. requires more focused approach, technology, mostly reality, link these knowledge gaps. VR proposes remarkable opportunity simulate interventions develop sustainable, resilient, child-friendly spaces. Further studies are vital training climate-related issues. goals investigating spaces that mitigate effects vigorously support inclusive

Language: Английский

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