代际关注与通过增加遗留关注和环境认知替代品对气候变化的建设性应对和情感反应有关
Stylianos Syropoulos1,2, Kyle Fiore Law3, Andrea Mah4
1Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA. syropoul@bc.edu.
BMC psychology
|April 2, 2024
概括
具有高度代际关注的个人能够建设性地应对气候变化影响. 专注于传统和环境替代方案可以培养希望和气候行动,减轻心理健康风险.
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:
- 气候变化对全球心理健康构成重大威胁.
- 对气候变化的情感反应可以激发适应和减缓行动.
- 了解应对机制对于应对气候相关的心理痛苦至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究跨代关注与建设性应对气候变化之间的关系.
- 探索有效应对气候变化的心理因素.
- 确定加强支持气候行动和心理健康的战略.
主要方法:
- 一项预先注册的研究涉及771名参与者.
- 评估了与气候变化有关的代际关注和应对策略.
- 研究了诸如遗留问题和环境认知替代品等因素.
主要成果:
- 那些高度关注代际关系的人采用了更多以问题为中心和基于意义的应对策略.
- 这些人报告说,他们对应气候变化不那么回避.
- 尽管经历了负面情绪,但他们仍然对未来保持了希望.
结论:
- 代际关注与建设性应对气候变化有关.
- 对遗产和环境认知替代品的担忧调解了这种关系.
- 促进代际关注可以增强气候行动和心理健康弹性.
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