Climate anxiety correlated positively with general anxiety and depressiveness, avoidance of climate change in everyday life, frustration of basic psychological needs, pro-environmental behavioral intentions, and policy support. It correlated negatively with different forms of climate denial and was unrelated...
The climate crisis is an unprecedented existential threat that causes disturbing emotions, such as anxiety. Recently, Clayton and Karazsia measured climate anxiety as “a more clinically significant ‘anxious’ response to climate change” (2020, p. 9). To gain a more nuanced understanding of the...
Kids often worry about much different things than their parents do. One of the big ones isclimate change. Research shows most youth are "extremely worried" about it, leading to a phenomenon called climate anxiety. Kids and young adults who struggle with this can perceive they have no future ...
Anxiety is a natural is a natural emotional response to stress, fear, or danger. It is no wonder why some are experiencing anxiety in the face of climate crisis. Although not a clinical diagnosis, climate anxiety and related terms like eco-anxiety, describes the distress caused by current ...
Eco-anxiety can be broadly described as a form of existential dread, which results in often continuous feelings of negativity, stress, or even panic. It can be triggered in a variety of ways and relate to both experienced or observed impacts of climate change, as well as anticipated events....
People across the U.S. and the world are already experiencing negative impacts of climate change. For example, the U.S. West Coast has faced a months' long drought that has fueled several large wildfires. One of the groups taking charge in demands for climate action is ...
“Climate anxiety is not in itself a problem,” saysBritt Wray, a Stanford researcher who specializes in climate change and mental health. “It’s actually a very healthy and normal response to have when one understands the escalating civilizational threat that we’re dealing with when ...
Recentlytheterm"climateanxiety"hasbeenusedtobetterdescribeourgrowingconcernsaboutclimatechange.Whilethereisevidencethatclimateanxietycanbeidentifiedandreliablymeasured,what'slessclearishowitrelatestomentalillness.Mentalhealthprovidersacrosstheworldarenotingthepresenceofclimateanxietyintheirpatients;however,thedegreetowhichit...
Young people have a unique positionality in relation to the mental and emotional dimensions of climate change: they have contributed the least to the crisis, they are and will be disproportionately impacted, and they have limited opportunities and invaluable perspectives for influencing action. Evidence...
The results of our study revealed that mindfulness skills have a dual effect on the relationship between climate change anxiety and pro-environmental behaviour. At high levels, nonreacting weakened the positive relationship between the cognitive impairment dimension of climate change anxiety and pro-envir...