气候变化困扰,普遍焦虑和与气候有关的精神障碍症状之间的关系
John B Nezlek1,2, Marzena Cypryańska1
1Center for Climate Action and Social Transformations, Institute of Psychology, SWPS University, Warsaw, Poland.
Anxiety, stress, and coping
|March 27, 2024
概括
对气候变化的反应表现为痛苦或心理健康症状. 气候变化困扰预测症状的发展,而普遍的焦虑影响了受影响个体的症状频率.
科学领域:
- 环境心理学 环境心理学
- 适应气候变化 适应气候变化
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
背景情况:
- 气候变化引发了各种各样的人类反应,可能包括适应性痛苦和非适应性精神障碍症状.
- 了解这些不同的反应对于公共卫生干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查气候变化反应的双重性质:痛苦与精神障碍症状.
- 确定影响气候相关心理健康症状的发展和频率的因素.
主要方法:
- 一项针对1133名波兰成年人的全国调查评估了气候变化困扰,气候相关精神障碍症状,普遍焦虑和抑郁.
- 用零膨胀的波桑回归模型来分析症状的发生和频率.
主要成果:
- 两个不同的群体出现了:患有症状的人和没有症状的人.
- 气候变化的痛苦是经历症状的重要预测因素.
- 一般焦虑,而不是痛苦或抑郁,与经历症状的频率有关.
结论:
- 气候变化反应可以分为痛苦和可诊断的精神障碍症状.
- 经历症状的个人表现出更高的气候变化痛苦.
- 一般性焦虑是受影响人群中症状频率的关键决定因素.
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