神经主义和有效性信念是否能缓解气候变化担忧与心理健康之间的关系?
Charles A Ogunbode1, Katariina Salmela-Aro2, Daniela Acquadro Maran3
1University of Nottingham, UK.
Journal of affective disorders
|August 12, 2024
概括
担心气候变化会对心理健康产生负面影响,尤其是低效率的信念. 高度的神经症可能会掩盖这种效应,这表明干预措施应该直接针对气候情绪.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 环境心理学 环境心理学
- 心理健康 心理健康
背景情况:
- 对气候焦虑 (生态焦虑) 的日益增长的研究缺乏对其对心理健康的影响的理解.
- 作为气候变化的调节者,研究了神经主义和有效性信念,担心对心理健康的影响.
研究的目的:
- 检查神经主义和有效性信仰如何影响气候变化担忧和心理健康之间的关系.
- 了解气候担忧对心理健康产生重大影响的条件.
主要方法:
- 2019年秋季从六个欧洲国家的大学参与者收集的调查数据.
- 用于参与者招聘的机会抽样.
主要成果:
- 对气候变化的担忧显示,在所有被认为有效的水平上,与心理健康有负面关联.
- 气候变化担忧与心理健康之间的联系只有在神经病症水平低到平均水平时才显著.
- 高度的神经症似乎掩盖了,而不是放大了气候变化对心理健康的负面影响.
结论:
- 截面设计限制了因果推理;发现可能不适用于所有人群.
- 干预措施应将与气候有关的情绪作为独特的心理压力因素来解决,而不仅仅依赖于情绪特征.
- 对神经病症方面的细微分析是必要的,以便更深入地了解其与气候担忧的相互作用.
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