Two years of COVID-19 and tourism: what we learned, and what we should have learned

Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 30(4), С. 915 - 931

Опубликована: Янв. 19, 2022

In January 2020, infections with a novel coronavirus were confirmed in China. Two years into the pandemic, countries continue to struggle fifth and sixth waves, new virus variants, varying degrees of success vaccinating national populations. Travel restrictions persist, global tourism industry looks third year uncertainty. There is consensus that COVID crisis should be turning point, “build back better”, return pre-pandemic overtourism phenomena undesirable. Yet, there very limited evidence has changed or will change beyond micro-scale. regard many issues, such as debt, become more vulnerable. Against background climate crisis, purpose this paper take stock: Which lessons can learned from pandemic for warming? To achieve this, relevant papers are discussed, along dissection development Germany, an example ad hoc management. Findings interpreted analogue change, suggesting our common interest put every possible effort mitigation avoidance > 1.5 °C future.

Язык: Английский

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The reproductive climate concerns of young, educated Chinese: ‘when the nest is upset, no egg is left intact’

Environmental Sociology, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 9(2), С. 200 - 215

Опубликована: Окт. 12, 2022

An emerging area of research concerns the phenomenon young people factoring climate change into their reproductive plans and choices, but existing scholarship popular discourse have focused exclusively on Western developed countries. This paper examines whether in China are also connecting choices to change, why. Based quantitative qualitative results from an exploratory survey 173 young, educated, climate-alarmed or climate-concerned Chinese, we found that reported by many Chinese. Respondents expressed deep multi-layered about wellbeing (potential) children a climate-changed future, though they did not rank highly among other factors might influence choices. Climate-alarmed Chinese lower levels more positive visions future than similar group US-Americans. We attribute these findings China's history family planning, state-constructed discourse, stage development, hierarchical cultural worldview. As first study Asia, this addresses major gap our knowledge, with implications for sociology reproduction, environmental psychology, Asian studies, demography.

Язык: Английский

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Development and Validation of the War Worry Scale (WWS) in a Sample of Italian Young Adults: An Instrument to Assess Worry About War in Non-War-Torn Environments

European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 15(2), С. 24 - 24

Опубликована: Фев. 9, 2025

The expansion of wars around the world fosters a macrosocial stress with multilevel effects that also affect mental health populations not directly involved, in particular evolutionary targets delicate transition. present study describes process development, validation, and evaluation psychometric properties War Worry Scale (WWS), an instrument explores psychological impact war contexts involved and, particular, target population young Italian adults. construct definition item generation WWS is presented here then verified Study I, which, using sample 250 adults (40.4% male 59.6% female), exploration factor structure through exploratory analysis (EFA) presents preliminary properties. An independent 500 (39.4% male; 60.6% female) was recruited for II, which results confirmatory (CFA) supporting second-order two first-order dimensions, about Present (WWP) Future (WWF), composed 10 items (5 per dimension). internal consistency WWS, convergent, discriminant, concurrent validity other validated measures, measurement invariance between males females are further described. Finally, significant differences levels found relation to several sociodemographic variables, i.e., gender, occupational status, relationship political orientation. Overall, Studies I II confirm validity, robustness, reliability Scale.

Язык: Английский

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Climate change hopefulness, anxiety, and behavioral intentions among adolescents: randomized controlled trial of a brief “selfie” video intervention

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 19(1)

Опубликована: Фев. 22, 2025

Abstract Aim We tested the utility of showing “selfie” videos to increase adolescents’ climate change hope, agency, and behavioral intentions, decrease their anxiety. Methods conducted a randomized controlled trial among healthy volunteers, ages 14 18, enrolled through crowdsourcing platform. randomly assigned participants (N = 1039) view one three 110-s-long video interventions featuring same adolescent protagonist: positive (depicting an action-oriented stance); negative (defeatist control (neutral stance unrelated content). The primary outcome was hope; secondary outcomes were anxiety, intention scales, 100-point sliders about hopefulness agency. Results Viewing proved effective adolescents in increasing sense agency regarding (< 0.001), but not decreasing anxiety or intentions engage pro-environmental behaviors. Conclusion Brief video-based protagonists showed potential hope change. While this single exposure did directly affect levels future research should examine whether repeated different "doses" such might influence these outcomes. ubiquity reach social media hold promise scale inexpensive specifically tailored interventions.

Язык: Английский

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Young people’s climate anxiety revealed in landmark survey

Nature, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 597(7878), С. 605 - 605

Опубликована: Сен. 22, 2021

Язык: Английский

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Climate-change education and critical emotional awareness (CEA): Implications for teacher education

Educational Philosophy and Theory, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 55(10), С. 1109 - 1120

Опубликована: Июнь 6, 2022

Scholars in the field of education for sustainable development argue that it is vital educators take emotions into account when teaching about global problems such as climate change. How to do this best way still debated, however. This article aims contribute discussion by arguing importance critical emotional awareness (CEA). CEA future teachers gain, but also their students learn be able fight sustainability everyday life and occupational roles. Through theoretical argumentation insights from empirical studies, elaborates on following questions: Why important? What components does concept consist of? Some key characteristics are combines emotion research social science. It should anchored multidisciplinary theories acknowledge both ways cope. recognize regulation place at individual interactional levels are, furthermore, influenced larger societal norms. implies these aspects critically discussed learning situations teacher give skills lead discussions.

Язык: Английский

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The Relationality of Ecological Emotions: An Interdisciplinary Critique of Individual Resilience as Psychology’s Response to the Climate Crisis

Frontiers in Psychology, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 13

Опубликована: Апрель 27, 2022

An increasing number of academic papers, newspaper articles, and other media representations from all over the world recently bring climate change’s impact on mental health into focus. Commonly summarized under terms or ecological emotions, these reports talk about distress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression in relation to environmental decline anticipated crisis. While majority psychology literature thus far presents preliminary conceptual analysis calls for empirical research, some explanations emotions are already offered. They mainly draw psychoanalysis depth existential humanistic psychology, as well social address relationship between individual engagement action. studies suggest building resilience if concerned by we argue that this only addresses their acute symptoms not (chronic) causes. Based upon our show an individualistic society such (neo-)liberal ones, feelings responsibility fostered, also applies activism.

Язык: Английский

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‘More options…less time’ in the ‘hustle culture’ of ‘generation sensible’: Individualization and drinking decline among twenty‐first century young adults

British Journal of Sociology, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 73(4), С. 903 - 918

Опубликована: Июнь 18, 2022

There has been a dramatic decline in alcohol consumption among younger people, including an increase of conscious moderation and abstinence. Change generational character, with different cohorts' drinking changing over time from the heavy, embedded pattern post-war 'boomers' to more selective habits initiated by 'millennials'. This is surprising development historical terms cast as indicating emergence moderating 'generation sensible'. It also coincident negative trends, such young adults worsening mental health. Informed perspective individualization, we consider youth context changes lifecourse. We focus upon how recent generations people experience greater choice, pressure prolonged adolescence, characterized limited autonomy. Explored moderators through survey (N = 517) groups 13), these themes resonated our sample who appear self-conscious generation significant open-ended maintaining their wellbeing control. Further, they disembedded conform but under perform. The same forces individualization encouraging moderate may weigh down feel not only transform own lives burden responsibility for damaged, unjust world. article's originality lies applying both change consumption, suggesting this can be usefully done freedom/choice pressure/performance. considers what regarded positive trend alongside, related to, trends loneliness less autonomy adults.

Язык: Английский

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Climate Change Literacy

Опубликована: Май 30, 2023

This Element presents a necessary intervention within the rapidly expanding field of research in environmental humanities on climate change and literacy. In contrast to dominant, science-centred literacy debates, which largely ignore unique resources humanities, it asks: How does literary reading contribute communication? this contribution relate recent demands for related literacies? Rather than reducing function literature more pleasurable form information transfer or its affective dimension evoking sympathy, thoroughly reassesses cognitive, affective, pedagogic potentials writing. It so by analysing selection popular novels demonstrating role fiction fostering adequate understanding of, response to, change. title is also available as Open Access Cambridge Core.

Язык: Английский

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Exploring the relationship between nursing students’ knowledge and attitudes towards climate change and their psychological distress: a cross-national investigation

BMC Nursing, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 23(1)

Опубликована: Апрель 29, 2024

Abstract Background Climate change poses a worldwide challenge with anticipated exacerbation in the future, resulting irreversible consequences. Nursing students may be vulnerable to experiencing psychological effects associated climate change. Aim The current study aimed investigate relationship between nursing students’ knowledge and attitudes toward their distress. Method This descriptive cross-sectional recruited 377 from three universities located Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt Middle East. Data collection was conducted using scales for assessing towards Correlations were assessed multiple regression analysis explore predictors of Results showed that regarding significantly positively correlated attitude ( r = 0.213), then again, score distress negatively − 0.182 0.110 respectively). Regression analyses academic achievement had strongest positive impact on distress, while negative impacts β 0.381, =-0.205, =-0.045 Moreover, found significant collectively accounting 18.2% observed variance. Conclusions/Implication future practice findings highlight importance incorporating into education programs. By enhancing change, there is potential reduce underscores need curriculum reforms integrate topics, aiming foster well-informed resilient workforce.

Язык: Английский

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