Interventions for promoting climate actions and enhancing psychological health: a scoping review protocol

This proposed scoping review aims to provide an overview of climate-related intervention studies that measure both climate action and psychological health as outcomes, regardless of whether the intervention primarily seeks to promote climate action, psychological health, or both.

The interplay between climate change, human behavior, and psychological health is an emerging priority in climate psychology. Despite numerous interventions designed to encourage climate action, few have examined the psychological effects of these interventions. Conversely, interventions focused on psychological coping often overlook their effect on climate action. Bridging these gaps is essential for developing strategies that simultaneously support psychological health and long-term climate engagement.

This review will include climate change-related intervention studies involving participants of any age or demographic background. Eligible studies must include interventions to promote climate action/psychological health. Specifically, climate action interventions must measure psychological health, while interventions that focus on improving psychological health must measure climate action.

A systematic search will be conducted in PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL; Cochrane Library), Embase (Ovid), PsycINFO (EBSCOhost), ERIC (EBSCOhost), and CINAHL (EBSCOhost). In line with JBI scoping review methodology, 2 reviewers will independently screen the literature and extract data on participants' characteristics, intervention descriptions, theoretical basis, study design, and outcomes related to climate action and psychological health. Findings will be presented in tabular and narrative formats, highlighting evidence gaps and suggesting directions for future research.

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