Book description
Psychology and Climate Change: Human Perceptions, Impacts, and Responses organizes and summarizes recent psychological research that relates to the issue of climate change. The book covers topics such as how people perceive and respond to climate change, how people understand and communicate about the issue, how it impacts individuals and communities, particularly vulnerable communities, and how individuals and communities can best prepare for and mitigate negative climate change impacts. It addresses the topic at multiple scales, from individuals to close social networks and communities. Further, it considers the role of social diversity in shaping vulnerability and reactions to climate change.
Psychology and Climate Change describes the implications of psychological processes such as perceptions and motivations (e.g., risk perception, motivated cognition, denial), emotional responses, group identities, mental health and well-being, sense of place, and behavior (mitigation and adaptation). The book strives to engage diverse stakeholders, from multiple disciplines in addition to psychology, and at every level of decision making - individual, community, national, and international, to understand the ways in which human capabilities and tendencies can and should shape policy and action to address the urgent and very real issue of climate change.
- Examines the role of knowledge, norms, experience, and social context in climate change awareness and action
- Considers the role of identity threat, identity-based motivation, and belonging
- Presents a conceptual framework for classifying individual and household behavior
- Develops a model to explain environmentally sustainable behavior
- Draws on what we know about participation in collective action
- Describes ways to improve the effectiveness of climate change communication efforts
- Discusses the difference between acute climate change events and slowly-emerging changes on our mental health
- Addresses psychological stress and injury related to global climate change from an intersectional justice perspective
- Promotes individual and community resilience
Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1. Introduction: Psychology and climate change
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Part I: Perceptions and Communication
- 2. Perceptions of climate change
- 3. Climate change communication: Challenges, insights, and opportunities
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4. Social construction of scientifically grounded climate change discussions
- Abstract
- Acknowledgements
- 4.1 Social construction of scientifically grounded climate change discussions
- 4.2 The importance of conversations
- 4.3 Barriers to conversations
- 4.4 Improving conversations
- 4.5 Applying research in practice
- 4.6 Effects of training on educators and visitors to informal science learning centers
- 4.7 Conclusion
- Appendix A Details about study
- References
- 5. A diversity science approach to climate change
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Part II: Responding to Climate Change
- 6. Contributions of psychology to limiting climate change: Opportunities through consumer behavior
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7. Understanding responses to climate change: Psychological barriers to mitigation and a new theory of behavioral choice
- Abstract
- 7.1 Why aren’t we taking (more) action?
- 7.2 Psychological barriers: The dragons of inaction
- 7.3 Developing an instrument for measuring psychological barriers
- 7.4 The Dragons of Inaction Psychological Barriers (DIPB) instrument
- 7.5 Practical applications
- 7.6 Future research directions
- 7.7 Incorporating psychological barriers into a new model of behavior choice
- 7.8 Conclusion
- References
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8. Environmental protection through societal change: What psychology knows about collective climate action—and what it needs to find out
- Abstract
- 8.1 The social psychology of climate change
- 8.2 Conceptualizing group-based behavior: The social identity model of collective action
- 8.3 Becoming a collective climate protection activist: From normative conflict to social validation and consensualizing
- 8.4 Collective climate action as a source of personality development and well-being
- 8.5 Conclusion: Developing an environmental psychology approach for explaining societal transition processes
- References
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Part III: Wellbeing and Resilience
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9. Threats to mental health and wellbeing associated with climate change
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Physical health effects of climate change
- 9.3 Mental health impacts from acute climate-related events
- 9.4 Mental health impacts from chronic climate changes
- 9.5 Impacts of climate change on social relationships
- 9.6 Vulnerable populations
- 9.7 Toward resilience
- 9.8 Conclusion
- References
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10. Individual impacts and resilience
- Abstract
- 10.1 How climate change impacts mental health: Three pathways
- 10.2 Cultural diversity, intersectionality and climate justice
- 10.3 Climate change: Vulnerability and risk factors for mental health impacts
- 10.4 Mental health disorders associated with global climate change
- 10.5 How climate change threatens psychological flourishing
- 10.6 Barriers to psychological coping with climate change: Complexity, disinformation, and powerlessness
- 10.7 Steps toward coping with global climate change as an individual
- 10.8 Therapeutic responses to climate change impacts
- 10.9 A positive message: Thriving in the era of global climate change
- References
- 11. Psychological perspectives on community resilience and climate change: Insights, examples, and directions for future research
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9. Threats to mental health and wellbeing associated with climate change
- Index
Product information
- Title: Psychology and Climate Change
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2018
- Publisher(s): Academic Press
- ISBN: 9780128131312
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