Climate distress: a review of current psychological research and practice

J Koder, J Dunk, P Rhodes - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Environmental disasters will increase in frequency and severity due to disruptions to Earth
systems, including increased global mean temperatures, caused by human activity, and …

The relationship between climate change and mental health: a systematic review of the association between eco-anxiety, psychological distress, and symptoms of …

SM Cosh, R Ryan, K Fallander, K Robinson, J Tognela… - BMC psychiatry, 2024 - Springer
Background and objectives The adverse impacts of climate change on mental health is a
burgeoning area, although findings are inconsistent. The emerging concept of eco-anxiety …

[HTML][HTML] Climate-change worry among two cohorts of late adolescents: Exploring macro and micro worries, coping, and relations to climate engagement, pessimism …

MC Wullenkord, M Ojala - Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2023 - Elsevier
Few studies have explored climate change worry in an in-depth manner among
adolescents. Through survey studies with two cohorts of adolescents (2010, 2019/2020) we …

The relationships among nature connectedness, climate anxiety, climate action, climate knowledge, and mental health

EE Thomson, SP Roach - Frontiers in psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Climate change is a source of global concern that has both direct and general
impacts on mental health. A recent study conducted following severe bushfires in Australia …

Cross-cultural validity of the Nature Relatedness Scale (NR-6) and links with wellbeing

Z Kövi, H Kim, S Kamble… - International …, 2023 - internationaljournalofwellbeing.org
Nature relatedness refers to individual differences in subjective connectedness with the
natural environment. We aimed to cross-culturally validate the Nature Relatedness scale …

Turning to nature to process the emotional toll of nature's destruction

R Westoby, R Clissold, KE McNamara - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
As challenges emerge in the context of the Anthropocene, one often overlooked area is the
emotional toll that the Earth's destabilisation has on the human psyche. Deeper investigation …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change anxiety positively predicts antenatal distress in expectant female parents

AD Lykins, M Bonich, C Sundaraja, S Cosh - Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 2024 - Elsevier
Clinical and subclinical levels of anxiety and depression are common experiences during
pregnancy for expectant women; however, despite rising awareness of significant climate …

[HTML][HTML] Go out or stress out? Exploring nature connectedness and cumulative stressors as resilience and vulnerability factors in different manifestations of climate …

MC Wullenkord, M Johansson, LS Loy… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Given the increasing severity of the climate crisis and, with it, rising climate anxiety, it is
imperative to understand what climate anxiety is, how it functions, and how people can cope …

Informing future directions for climate anxiety interventions: a mixed-method study of professional perspectives

C Pitt, K Norris, G Pecl - Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 2024 - Springer
Despite reports of increasing levels of climate change related distress, there remains limited
evidence regarding effective interventions for individuals and communities. The current …

Exploring the role of biospheric/egoistic values, scientific engagement, and cross-cultural effects in high school students' willingness to take climate action

J Kang, S Tolppanen, H Kim, M Ha - Environmental Education …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This cross-cultural comparative study investigates the relationships among biospheric and
egoistic values, willingness to take climate action, and science engagement in two distinct …