在气候引起的炎热中,探索女性的生态焦虑:全面审查
Gayathri K G1, Vijayalakshmi P2, Krishnan S3
1Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India.
Frontiers in psychology
|July 4, 2025
概括
由于社会经济和生理因素,生态焦虑,即对气候灾难的日益增长的恐惧,不成比例地影响女性. 了解这些性别差异对于制定有针对性的气候弹性战略至关重要.
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
- 性别研究是性别研究.
背景情况:
- 生态焦虑,以环境灾难的慢性恐惧为特征,随着气候变化而增加.
- 由于社会经济和生理因素,女性面临着对气候变化影响,包括热压力的更高脆弱性.
- 现有的文献强调了对气候压力因素的心理和情绪反应,特别是热量.
研究的目的:
- 综合审查生态焦虑与性别差异之间的关系.
- 综合学术文献关于心理和情绪反应与热相关的气候压力因素.
- 为有针对性的支持和包容性气候弹性规划确定生态焦虑的性别特异性维度.
主要方法:
- 采用了一种系统审查方法,遵循系统审查和元分析 (PRISMA-ScR) 准则的首选报告项目.
- 对21篇学术文章进行了批判性审查和综合.
- 审查的重点是气候引起的心理后果的途径和生态焦虑中的性别差异.
主要成果:
- 妇女经历的压力更大,更容易受到气候变化的影响,如极端的高温.
- 社会经济和生理方面的挑战加剧了女性对气候压力因素的敏感性.
- 大多数经过审查的证据来自西方国家,这表明需要进行全球研究.
结论:
- 进一步的研究对于在气候引起的热量背景下定义生态焦虑至关重要.
- 了解生态焦虑的性别特征对于有效的气候弹性规划至关重要.
- 需要有针对性的支持系统来应对气候变化对妇女造成的不成比例影响.
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