The relationships among nature connectedness, climate anxiety, climate action, climate knowledge, and mental health.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Climate change is a source of global concern that has both direct and general impacts on mental health. A recent study conducted following severe bushfires in Australia demonstrated relationships among nature connectedness, climate action, climate worry, and mental health; for example, nature connectedness was associated with climate worry, which in turn was associated with psychological distress.

Methods

The present study sought to replicate those findings while building on them in two important ways: on those findings in two ways: first, test similar relationships in a different geographical context that has been mostly spared from direct impacts by acute climate events; second, we take into consideration an additional factor, climate knowledge, which has been

SUBMITTER: Thomson EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10684686 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature