Putting appraisal in context : Appraisal of climate anxiety and the role of nature connectedness
Wullenkord, Marlis LU
(2023)
International Convention of Psychological Science
- Abstract
- Global climate change has increasing detrimental effects on mental health (e.g., in the form of climate anxiety), both through direct exposure to its consequences (e.g., extreme weather) and through indirect exposure (i.e., the social representation of climate change without direct contact to its physical consequences). To help people cope with the anxious response, nature connectedness is suggested as one possible pathway. At the same time, evidence of a positive correlation between climate anxiety and nature connectedness is accumulating. Such seemingly contradictory recommendations and findings may indicate that the constituents of climate anxiety are not well understood yet. This research aims to increase conceptual clarity of the... (More)
- Global climate change has increasing detrimental effects on mental health (e.g., in the form of climate anxiety), both through direct exposure to its consequences (e.g., extreme weather) and through indirect exposure (i.e., the social representation of climate change without direct contact to its physical consequences). To help people cope with the anxious response, nature connectedness is suggested as one possible pathway. At the same time, evidence of a positive correlation between climate anxiety and nature connectedness is accumulating. Such seemingly contradictory recommendations and findings may indicate that the constituents of climate anxiety are not well understood yet. This research aims to increase conceptual clarity of the concept of climate anxiety as a distinct emotional response to climate change. Based on a systematic literature review and conceptual framework, this research considers two questions: 1. How can appraisal theories of emotion be used to explain climate anxiety? 2. How might nature connectedness influence the appraisal patterns of climate anxiety? (Less)
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- author
- Wullenkord, Marlis
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023-03
- type
- Contribution to conference
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- climate anxiety, eco-anxiety, nature connectedness, connection with nature, nature contact, nature exposure, appraisal
- conference name
- International Convention of Psychological Science
- conference location
- Brussels, Belgium
- conference dates
- 2023-03-09 - 2023-03-11
- project
- Nature-based solutions at the climate-biodiversity-health nexus
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 1857d5bb-b834-434a-8f9b-990477b71ad9
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title = {{Putting appraisal in context : Appraisal of climate anxiety and the role of nature connectedness}},
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