High temperatures on mental health: Recognizing the association and the need for proactive strategies—A perspective DOI Creative Commons
Moustaq Karim Khan Rony, Hasnat M. Alamgir

Health Science Reports, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 6(12)

Published: Dec. 1, 2023

Abstract Background and Aims The influence of temperature on various aspects daily life is often underestimated, its effects mental health are not widely recognized. Understanding addressing the relationship between well‐being crucial in context climate change rising global temperatures. This perspective aimed to investigate high temperatures identify proactive strategies mitigate these effects. Methods adopted a twofold approach, including comprehensive literature review socioecological framework. involved extensive searches across Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus relevant, peer‐reviewed articles, reports from diverse disciplines. Results emphasized significance recognizing heat stress consequences well‐being. Chronic can lead increased stress, anxiety, cognitive impairment. Vulnerable populations include, very young, older adults, individuals with pre‐existing conditions. Socioeconomic factors further exacerbate vulnerability, highlighting need for tailored manage challenges during Additionally, article identified discussed coping minimize both psychological physical impacts stress. Mindfulness, management techniques, therapy suggested as effective means distress. Conclusion Implementing preventive measures essential steps promoting wellness Proactive by physiological considering specific needs vulnerable help communities navigate posed promote resilience preserve their

Language: Английский

Eco-anxiety: What it is and why it matters DOI Creative Commons
Charlie Kurth, Panu Pihkala

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: Sept. 23, 2022

Researchers are increasingly trying to understand both the emotions that we experience in response ecological crises like climate change and ways which these might be valuable for our (psychical, psychological, moral) wellbeing. However, much of existing work on issues has been hampered by conceptual methodological difficulties. As a first step toward addressing challenges, this review focuses eco-anxiety. Analyzing broad range studies through use methods from philosophy, emotion theory, interdisciplinary environmental studies, authors show how looking anxiety general can help researchers build better models eco-anxiety particular. The results suggest label “eco-anxiety” may best understood as referring family distinct, but related, emotions. also find specific form eco-anxiety, “practical eco-anxiety,” deeply emotional threats change: when experienced at right time extent, practical not only reflects well one’s moral character advance individual planetary

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Climate change impacts on the mental health and wellbeing of young people: A scoping review of risk and protective factors DOI
Tianyi Ma, Jane Moore, Anne Cleary

et al.

Social Science & Medicine, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 301, P. 114888 - 114888

Published: March 19, 2022

Language: Английский

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On climate anxiety and the threat it may pose to daily life functioning and adaptation: a study among European and African French-speaking participants DOI Open Access
Alexandre Heeren, Camille Mouguiama-Daouda, Alba Contreras

et al.

Climatic Change, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 173(1-2)

Published: July 1, 2022

Language: Английский

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The Process of Eco-Anxiety and Ecological Grief: A Narrative Review and a New Proposal DOI Open Access
Panu Pihkala

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 14(24), P. 16628 - 16628

Published: Dec. 12, 2022

As the ecological crisis grows more intense, people experience many forms of eco-anxiety and grief. This article explores broad process encountering grief, engages in constructive task building a new model that process. Eco-anxiety grief are here seen as fundamentally healthy reactions to threats loss, only strongest them problems. The aim is help researchers, various professionals general public by providing which (a) simple enough but (b) nuanced than stage models may give false impression linearity. uses an interdisciplinary method. proposed includes both chronological thematic aspects. early phases Unknowing Semi-consciousness followed potentially some kind Awakening kinds Shock possible trauma. A major feature following complex phase Coping Changing, framed consisting three dimensions: Action (pro-environmental behavior kinds), Grieving (including other emotional engagement), Distancing self-care problematic disavowal). predicts if there trouble any these dimensions, adjusting will be difficult. thus helps seeing, e.g., importance for coping. possibility stronger and/or eco-depression always present, including danger burnout. ethical psychological called Adjustment Transformation, elements of, meaning-finding acceptance. need Changing continues, awareness flexibility metaphase Living with Ecological Crisis, where titles subtitles dimensions coping switched.

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Psychological and Emotional Responses to Climate Change among Young People Worldwide: Differences Associated with Gender, Age, and Country DOI Open Access
Susan Clayton, Panu Pihkala, Britt Wray

et al.

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(4), P. 3540 - 3540

Published: Feb. 15, 2023

Recent research has described concern and anxiety about climate change, especially among young people, but limited data are available looking at the responses of adolescents. Based on further analysis an existing dataset that obtained survey from people aged 16–25 in 10 different countries, this paper examines differences associated with gender age, which important predictors vulnerability to impacts change. Gender were small consistent, female respondents expressing greater levels negative emotions, while male more optimistic expressed faith government. Within narrow age group, there significant positive correlations showing emotions change higher older respondents. There complex countries; general, Philippines, India, Nigeria reported a stronger psychological impact than United States Finland. These results help describe extent patterns multiple locations around world range is relatively understudied.

Language: Английский

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Climate change anxiety in China, India, Japan, and the United States DOI Creative Commons
Kim‐Pong Tam, Hoi‐Wing Chan, Susan Clayton

et al.

Journal of Environmental Psychology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 87, P. 101991 - 101991

Published: Feb. 28, 2023

Climate change anxiety is becoming recognized as a way in which climate affects mental health. It not only observed populations that suffer the most from direct impacts of but also can be trigged by mere thought and perception about such impacts. Although global problem cause for concern around world, research on has recently utilized validated measures, it mostly been conducted Western developed societies. In response to this gap, we cross-national study using Change Anxiety Scale, with participants (N = 4000) four top emitters world (China, India, Japan, U.S.) vary their vulnerabilities resilience. We demonstrated widely adopted measure exhibited configural metric invariance countries. was apparently higher Chinese Indian than Japanese American populations. There were some demographic correlates anxiety, pattern always consistent across positively associated engagement action all countries, more so sustainable diet activism resource conservation support policy. The effect driven robustly cognitive-emotional impairment dimension functional anxiety. Taken together, these observations suggest Scale used assess there are both similarities variations different societal contexts respect experience Future must take complexities into consideration.

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Climate emotions and anxiety among young people in Canada: A national survey and call to action DOI
Lindsay P. Galway, Ellen Field

The Journal of Climate Change and Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 9, P. 100204 - 100204

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

Language: Английский

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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.

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Eco‐anxiety in youth: An integrative literature review DOI
Hailie Brophy, Joanne Olson, Pauline Paul

et al.

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 32(3), P. 633 - 661

Published: Dec. 29, 2022

Abstract Climate change‐related eco‐anxiety in young people has made headlines around the world, but most study of this phenomenon been limited to adults. Eco‐anxiety is still not well defined literature, generally refers distress, worry, or concern related climate change crisis. Young will be chronologically more exposed harms and problems, may causing increased population. This literature review aimed summarize relevant works on people, provide a critique identify gaps, discuss relevance nursing practice. A search using multiple databases other sources was completed, applicable key terms resulted 23 inform review. Key themes definition variation, hopelessness burden responses are discussed, critical analysis undertaken. The main conclusions include broad working that does pathologize experience recognizes it can cause suffering. Also discussed role nurses reducing potential actual suffering youth through hope promotion, challenging binary thinking patterns, building emotional resilience, encouraging action involvement spheres, promoting justice advocacy. Recommendations for further research offered.

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The clinical implications of climate change for mental health DOI
Tara Crandon, Cybele Dey, James G. Scott

et al.

Nature Human Behaviour, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 6(11), P. 1474 - 1481

Published: Nov. 16, 2022

Language: Английский

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