The impact of climate change on mental health and emotional wellbeing: a narrative review of current evidence, and its implications

EL Lawrance, R Thompson… - … Review of Psychiatry, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Converging global evidence highlights the dire consequences of climate change for human
mental health and wellbeing. This paper summarises literature across relevant disciplines to …

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

I Boluda-Verdu, M Senent-Valero… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Although there is no standard definition for eco-anxiety, most authors define it
as people's emotional reaction of concern, worry, anxiety, and fear in view of global Climate …

The process of eco-anxiety and ecological grief: A narrative review and a new proposal

P Pihkala - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
As the ecological crisis grows more intense, people experience many forms of eco-anxiety
and ecological grief. This article explores the broad process of encountering eco-anxiety …

OK Boomer: A decade of generational differences in feelings about climate change

JK Swim, R Aviste, ML Lengieza, CJ Fasano - Global Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The emergence of concern about and evidence of climate change has been argued to
create a cultural milieu unique to the Millennial generation (born between 1981 and 1996) …

Eco‐anxiety in youth: An integrative literature review

H Brophy, J Olson, P Paul - International journal of mental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change‐related eco‐anxiety in young people has made headlines around the
world, but most study of this phenomenon has been limited to adults. Eco‐anxiety is still not …

Green teens: Understanding and promoting adolescents' sustainable engagement

S Thomaes, S Grapsas, J van de Wetering, J Spitzer… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Young people are disproportionally impacted by heatwaves, floods, droughts, and other
impacts of climate change. They also have unique potential to catalyze the transformative …

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

T Gago, RJ Sargisson, TL Milfont - Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate anxiety refers to the negative emotional reactions that a person can experience in
response to climate change irrespective of prior direct experience with it. Research suggests …

How do children, adolescents, and young adults relate to climate change? Implications for developmental psychology

M Ojala - European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Climate change is an existential threat facing humanity on a global scale. To handle this
problem, all societal actors, including young people, need to get involved. This narrative …

Climate anxiety, coping strategies and planning for the future in environmental degree students in the UK

C Daeninck, V Kioupi, A Vercammen - Frontiers in psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction There is increasing recognition of the mental health burden of climate change
and the effects on general well-being, even in those who have not (yet) experienced direct …

[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 …