Climate anxiety: What predicts it and how is it related to climate action?

Journal of Environmental Psychology, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 83, С. 101866 - 101866

Опубликована: Авг. 28, 2022

As scientific evidence of the severity climate change increases, there are indications that this represents a significant psychological burden in form anxiety on public. So far very little research has explored prevalence, predictors, or effects amongst This study aims to address gap by exploring UK. It addresses following questions: (a) How prevalent is adults UK? (b) What predictors anxiety? and (c) Does predict action? We report findings from an online survey UK public (N = 1338) undertaken late 2020 (partially replicated May 2022 with sub-sample 891 respondents) which found while high levels concern about change, low (measured using Climate Change Anxiety Scale). was higher younger age groups, those concern, generalised anxiety, lower mindfulness, nature relatedness, more information seeking behaviour. In addition, predicted some (but not all) types pro-environmental action. Consistent other recent research, these indicate may necessarily be negative impact of, maladaptive response to, change; but rather, at least degree, motivating force for effective

Язык: Английский

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The Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing: A Narrative Review of Current Evidence, and its Implications

International Review of Psychiatry, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 34(5), С. 443 - 498

Опубликована: Июль 4, 2022

Converging global evidence highlights the dire consequences of climate change for human mental health and wellbeing. This paper summarises literature across relevant disciplines to provide a comprehensive narrative review multiple pathways through which interacts with Climate acts as risk amplifier by disrupting conditions known support good health, including socioeconomic, cultural environmental conditions, living working conditions. The disruptive influence rising temperatures extreme weather events, such experiencing heatwave or water insecurity, compounds existing stressors experienced individuals communities. has deleterious effects on people's is particularly acute those groups already disadvantaged within countries. Awareness experiences escalating threats inaction can generate understandable psychological distress; though strong emotional responses also motivate action. We highlight opportunities communities cope act change. Consideration interconnected impacts their determinants must inform evidence-based interventions. Appropriate action that centres justice reduce current future burden, while simultaneously improving nurture wellbeing equality. presented adds further weight need decisive decision makers all scales.

Язык: Английский

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Fear for the future: Eco-anxiety and health implications, a systematic review

Journal of Environmental Psychology, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 84, С. 101904 - 101904

Опубликована: Ноя. 11, 2022

Язык: 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

Climatic Change, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 173(1-2)

Опубликована: Июль 1, 2022

Язык: Английский

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The Process of Eco-Anxiety and Ecological Grief: A Narrative Review and a New Proposal

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 14(24), С. 16628 - 16628

Опубликована: Дек. 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.

Язык: Английский

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Psychological and Emotional Responses to Climate Change among Young People Worldwide: Differences Associated with Gender, Age, and Country

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 15(4), С. 3540 - 3540

Опубликована: Фев. 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.

Язык: Английский

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Climate change anxiety in China, India, Japan, and the United States

Journal of Environmental Psychology, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 87, С. 101991 - 101991

Опубликована: Фев. 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.

Язык: Английский

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Determining factors in shaping the sustainable behavior of the generation Z consumer

Frontiers in Environmental Science, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 11

Опубликована: Янв. 20, 2023

Introduction: Organizations currently emphasize green marketing strategies by implementing practices, aiming to design, produce, promote and sell products. Thus, both consumers producers have turned their attention the category of environmental friendly products, taking into account that concept is now being given greater importance. Responsible organizations begun adapt in production, promotion interaction activities with or potential organic products context we are going through, when protection becomes an imperative. Analysis sustainable behavior Generation Z a determining factor from perspective task this generation will naturally take on, terms responsibility. Methods: The research aims determine profile consumer, order strategic actions government direct educate as objectively efficiently possible towards adopting principles ecological, responsible consumption. Based on data collected through survey, analyzed studying at Romanian universities where there specializations field. quantitative, using structural equation modelling partial least squares (PLSSEM) test hypotheses regarding relationship between factors consumers. Results Discussion: results show positive satisfaction it conveys them, well activities. However, no practices organizations, issues identification environmentally consumer.

Язык: Английский

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A meta-analysis on the relationship between climate anxiety and wellbeing

Journal of Environmental Psychology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 94, С. 102230 - 102230

Опубликована: Янв. 10, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Climate Change Perception and Mental Health. Results from a Systematic Review of the Literature

European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(1), С. 215 - 229

Опубликована: Янв. 12, 2024

Climate change is one of the main global challenges and influences various aspects human health. Numerous studies have indeed demonstrated an association between extreme climate-related events physical mental health outcomes, but little still known about perception/awareness climate In accordance with PRISMA 2020 guidelines, a search was conducted on PubMed Scopus. The protocol registered PROSPERO. included were original observational published in English, reporting A total 3018 articles identified. 10 included. period covered ranged 2012 2022. perception consistently associated adverse effects across different types estimates. particular, identified higher level depression, anxiety, eco-anxiety, stress, adjustment disorder, substance use, dysphoria, even thoughts suicide. Qualitative data underscore impact daily activities, contributing to feelings loss suicidal ideation. Moreover, correlates lower well-being resilience. awareness complex poorly explored phenomenon. limitations are high heterogeneity terms exposure assessment reporting, which hinders quantitative analysis. These results show that impacts Better understanding phenomenon represents opportunity inform public interventions promote well-being.

Язык: Английский

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