Maintaining resilience and wellbeing in the era of climate change: Protocol of an acceptability and feasibility pilot of the Bee Well program for treating eco-anxiety in rural children exposed to natural hazards (Preprint) DOI
Suzanne Cosh, Warren Bartik,

Rosie Ryan

et al.

Published: Nov. 19, 2024

BACKGROUND The impacts of climate change on mental health are becoming widely recognised. Climate can detrimentally impact through direct and indirect exposure to natural hazards, as well the overarching awareness resultant environmental decline – latter is termed eco-anxiety. Exposure hazards also increases eco-anxiety, further compounding impacts. Young people children especially vulnerable change, have higher rates eco-anxiety than other age groups. Those in rural areas more likely be impacted by underscoring need support this population. However, date there remains scant evidence regarding how best young relation with few interventions, for children, having been evaluated. As such, a clear growing base inform treatment change-related distress. OBJECTIVE This study pilots novel group-based resilience intervention Specifically, project aims explore acceptability, feasibility, clinical utility intervention. METHODS an pilot using pre- post-design single group. A minimum sample 12 aged between 10-14 years located area at least one hazard will enrolled study. Children complete measures psychological distress (subjective units distress, Depression, Stress Anxiety Scale Youth), emotions, (Resilience -10) post-intervention. Acceptability assessed post-intervention series Likert-scale open-ended questions. Eligible take part five module designed build resilience, promote nature connectedness, social support, foster meaning-focused coping. RESULTS has received ethical board approval. October 2024, recruitment not yet commenced. conducted from late 2024 2025. CONCLUSIONS Rural population change. currently minimal guide clinicians practitioners experiencing following hazard. To date, interventions treating sparse, who typically older provide preliminary adolescents that practitioners. CLINICALTRIAL ACTRN12624001287527

Language: Английский

“We Don’t Always Have to Be Talking about It”: Moral Reasoning in US Early Childhood Education for Sustainable Development DOI Open Access
Shannon Audley, Julia L. Ginsburg,

Cami Furlong

et al.

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(17), P. 7774 - 7774

Published: Sept. 6, 2024

The climate crisis is both an environmental and moral issue. United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a framework for global response to systematically challenge the world’s reactions crisis, making sustainable education all priority. For such sustainability be effective, it should engage children in early childhood in, about, environment, emphasizing ramifications of equity justice. We investigated what ways 19 States (US) nature-based educators focused their (ECEfS) environment. types activities that engaged about experiences were related principles welfare, harm reduction, resource allocation, equality, as well teachers’ reasoning these with children. Our findings suggest educators’ curricula reflect potential issues development. However, did not issues. A possible explanation US beliefs developmental practice children’s capabilities leading them rarely instead scaffolding develop personal psychological resources, thereby supporting SDG education.

Language: Английский

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Editorial: Climate change challenge in pediatric psychology DOI Creative Commons
Livio Provenzi, Lucia Billeci, Caradee Y. Wright

et al.

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

Published: June 14, 2024

Citation: Provenzi L, Billeci Wright C and Xu Z (2024) Editorial: Climate change challenge in pediatric psychology. Front. Psychol. 15:1439041. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1439041

Language: Английский

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Climate change distress, entrapment, and suicidal ideation DOI Creative Commons
Julia Brailovskaia, Tobias Teismann

Climatic Change, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 177(8)

Published: July 24, 2024

Abstract Climate change distress has been shown to be associated with markers of negative mental health. However, it is unclear whether climate also suicidal ideation and this association might mediated by perceptions entrapment. On background, the purpose present study was investigate between distress/impairment, entrapment, ideation. Participants were recruited at a university in Ruhr region Germany. Overall, 323 participants (68.4% female; M age =26.14, SD =8.35, range: 18–63 years) filled out self-report questionnaires on online. distress/impairment significantly positively Entrapment completely Results underlines how stressful existential experienced many young persons. Findings underscore need develop evaluate interventions target distress/impairment.

Language: Английский

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Predictive Effect of Eco-Anxiety and Climate Change Anxiety towards Mental Health Problems and Psychological Well-Being among Entrepreneurs DOI Open Access
Nadia A. Abdelmegeed Abdelwahed, Muhammad Sufyan Ramish

OBM Neurobiology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 08(04), P. 1 - 18

Published: Oct. 18, 2024

Entrepreneurs face massive challenges when attempting to create sustainable businesses in the current era. This juggling act leads eco-anxiety and climate change anxiety, which mainly affect entrepreneurs by creating concerns ruining creativity progress. These issues contribute individuals' mental health problems (MHP) severely psychological well-being (PWB). With this mind, present study investigates impact of (EA) anxiety (CCA) on MHP PWB among Egyptian entrepreneurs. The applied quantitatively, gathering cross-sectional data through a survey tool. researchers collected using online offline modes convenience sampling strategy identify entrepreneurs.<strong> led 314 valid cases from generate final results.</strong><strong> </strong>The structural model (SEM) analysis moment structures (AMOS) software obtain results. results unveil positive effect EA (β = 0.539; P < 0.01) but negative entrepreneurs' -0.005; > 0.01). Moreover, also identifies CCA 0.667; -0.033; <strong>The study's findings will assist policymakers professionals developing policies regarding reducing stress, fears about entrepreneurs.</strong> could support bringing vision coping strategies for EA, strengthening their PWB, improving ability sustain businesses. Finally, would domain literature adding an empirical perspective nation.

Language: Английский

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Maintaining resilience and wellbeing in the era of climate change: Protocol of an acceptability and feasibility pilot of the Bee Well program for treating eco-anxiety in rural children exposed to natural hazards (Preprint) DOI
Suzanne Cosh, Warren Bartik,

Rosie Ryan

et al.

Published: Nov. 19, 2024

BACKGROUND The impacts of climate change on mental health are becoming widely recognised. Climate can detrimentally impact through direct and indirect exposure to natural hazards, as well the overarching awareness resultant environmental decline – latter is termed eco-anxiety. Exposure hazards also increases eco-anxiety, further compounding impacts. Young people children especially vulnerable change, have higher rates eco-anxiety than other age groups. Those in rural areas more likely be impacted by underscoring need support this population. However, date there remains scant evidence regarding how best young relation with few interventions, for children, having been evaluated. As such, a clear growing base inform treatment change-related distress. OBJECTIVE This study pilots novel group-based resilience intervention Specifically, project aims explore acceptability, feasibility, clinical utility intervention. METHODS an pilot using pre- post-design single group. A minimum sample 12 aged between 10-14 years located area at least one hazard will enrolled study. Children complete measures psychological distress (subjective units distress, Depression, Stress Anxiety Scale Youth), emotions, (Resilience -10) post-intervention. Acceptability assessed post-intervention series Likert-scale open-ended questions. Eligible take part five module designed build resilience, promote nature connectedness, social support, foster meaning-focused coping. RESULTS has received ethical board approval. October 2024, recruitment not yet commenced. conducted from late 2024 2025. CONCLUSIONS Rural population change. currently minimal guide clinicians practitioners experiencing following hazard. To date, interventions treating sparse, who typically older provide preliminary adolescents that practitioners. CLINICALTRIAL ACTRN12624001287527

Language: Английский

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