Climate distress and social identity: bringing theory to clinical practice [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Guidance for supporting individuals with climate distress often lacks a theoretical foundation to account for its social dimension. This paper argues for the value of the social identity approach (SIA) for understanding and supporting individuals with ...
Marc O. Williams
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The Lancet Planetary Health, 2023 Summary: Background: Climate change threatens youth mental health through multiple mechanisms, yet empirical studies typically focus on single pathways. We explored feelings of distress over climate change among Tanzanian youth, considering associations
Leah Prencipe, PhD +4 more
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The role of climate change anxiety in shaping childrearing intentions among people living in British Columbia [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionClimate change concerns have emerged as a factor in shaping childrearing intentions. Given extreme weather events, climate change-related anxiety has increased drastically in the region of British Columbia (BC), Canada.
Niloufar Aran +9 more
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Climate change distress and impairment in Germany
Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionClimate change has been widely recognized as one of the most challenging problems facing humanity and it imposes serious mental health threats.
Lars König +6 more
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Emotion regulation, climate distress, and climate action in climate activist and student samples
Discover PsychologyEmotions predict the likelihood that people will engage in behaviors to mitigate climate change. However, there has been little attention to the role of emotion regulation—how we increase, decrease, or maintain our emotional experiences—in climate action.
Catherine N. M. Ortner +2 more
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Alternative Food Practices as Pathways to Cope with Climate Distress. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public HealthExperiences of distress and challenging emotions in response to the climate crisis are increasingly common, particularly among young adults. These experiences can include challenging emotions caused by the harmful environmental impacts of conventional food systems, as their contributions to greenhouse gas emissions have become more widely known.
Ammann-Lanthier L +2 more
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Higher levels of eco-distress in psychotherapy out-patients with depressive and anxious symptoms are predicted by emotion regulation strategies [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryBackgroundPsychotherapy patients are particularly vulnerable to the experience of eco-distress, often referred to as climate anxiety or eco-anxiety.
Nadja Gebhardt +9 more
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‘There’s no helpline’: how mental health services can support young people with climate distress [PDF]
Cogent Mental HealthClimate distress in young people is very likely to increase in coming years, and young people’s mental health services need to be prepared to meet the demand. This paper reports a qualitative pilot study to establish the views of three stakeholder groups
Marc O. Williams +5 more
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Parent-adolescent intergenerational transmission of distress: the roles of family climate, adolescents’ self-compassion and mindfulness [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyBackgroundExisting research indicates that parental psychological distress correlates with adverse psychological outcomes in adolescents. Nevertheless, limited studies have delved into the mechanisms underpinning this relationship.ObjectivesThis study ...
Shuying Zhou +3 more
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BMC NursingBackground Oncology nurses have a vital role in providing care for individuals with cancer. Ethical dilemmas arise for oncology nurses caring for these patients.
Akbar Zare-Kaseb +3 more
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