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How Western Buddhist climate activists negotiate climate emotions.
Front Psychol
November 2024
Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Understanding pro-environmental behavior is essential for addressing the socio-ecological crisis, with climate emotions and ideological frameworks, particularly from religions like Buddhism, playing significant roles in shaping actions and attitudes towards the environment.
- A study of thirteen Western Buddhist climate activists revealed that interpretations of Buddhist teachings, such as compassion and interconnectedness, influence emotional responses to climate issues and manifest in varying degrees of care for nature, as well as emotional challenges like climate anxiety.
- The findings indicate that while Buddhist practices can help mitigate feelings of burnout and uncertainty, they can also lead to social disengagement if individuals focus too much on inner reflection rather than collective action, highlighting the need for a balanced approach to activism within the context of Buddhism.
Exploring children's despair in the face of climate change.
Commun Psychol
August 2024
Université du Québec à Montréal, Department of Psychology, Montréal, QC Canada.
Article Synopsis
- - Interventions for children's eco-anxiety emphasize promoting hope but often overlook the importance of allowing kids to express their feelings of despair about climate change.
- - Children need a safe space to explore their emotions regarding the climate crisis, including feelings of fear and sadness.
- - Adults play a crucial role by recognizing and openly discussing these emotions with children, helping them process their feelings more effectively.
Climate anxiety, environmental attitude, and job engagement among nursing university colleagues: a multicenter descriptive study.
BMC Nurs
February 2024
Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, Damanhur University, Damanhur City, Egypt.
Background: Climate change, a pervasive global phenomenon, exerts discernible impacts on the physical, social, and psychological dimensions of well-being. The apprehension surrounding this complex environmental issue has reached a critical juncture, with over 76,000 individuals across more than thirty nations expressing profound levels of concern, characterizing their anxiety as either "very" or "extremely" pronounced. This surge in awareness regarding the potential consequences of climate change has given rise to an emergent and escalating challenge known as climate anxiety.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPro-Environmental Behavior and Climate Change Anxiety, Perception, Hope, and Despair According to Political Orientation.
Behav Sci (Basel)
November 2023
Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 4710-362 Braga, Portugal.
The main objective of this paper is to assess pro-environmental behavior, climate change anxiety, perception, hope, and despair in different political orientations. Our specific aims included to assess the validity of all the instruments used; to assess whether the factor structure of the scales were valid across political orientations; to evaluate their reliability; to assess differences concerning age, gender, and political orientation; to learn the variables that explain pro-environmental behavior; and to evaluate the moderating role of climate change perception, despair, and hope in the relationship between climate change anxiety and pro-environmental behavior. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs), multi-group CFAs (to calculate measurement invariance), multiple linear regressions, and moderations were performed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNurturing wellbeing amidst the climate crisis: on the need for a focus on wellbeing in the field of climate psychology.
Front Psychol
July 2023
School of Psychology, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom.
Awareness of climate change can prompt overwhelming emotions that threaten wellbeing such as anger, despair, and anxiety. Neoliberal views of human beings and their mental health strip the individual from their social and material context, driving personal dissatisfaction, social isolation, and ecological destruction. In this piece, we contend that advancements in scholarly research on wellbeing offer valuable insights for addressing the challenges posed by the climate crises while respecting human wellbeing.
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