Опубликована: Ноя. 19, 2024

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. This study pilots novel group-based resilience intervention Specifically, project aims explore acceptability, feasibility, clinical utility intervention. 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. has received ethical board approval. October 2024, recruitment not yet commenced. conducted from late 2024 2025. Rural population change. currently minimal guide clinicians practitioners experiencing following hazard. To date, interventions treating sparse, who typically older provide preliminary adolescents that practitioners. ACTRN12624001287527

Язык: Английский