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Climate change anxiety and mental health: Environmental activism as buffer
Schwartz SEO, Benoit L, Clayton S, Parnes MF, Swenson L, Lowe SR. Climate change anxiety and mental health: Environmental activism as buffer. Current Psychology 2022, 42: 16708-16721. PMID: 35250241, PMCID: PMC8883014, DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-02735-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClimate change anxietyGeneralized anxiety disorderEmotional impairmentsSense of agencyMDD symptomsMajor depressive disorderBody of researchCollective actionParticipants' worryGAD symptomsAnxiety disordersField's understandingMental healthIndividual actionsAdult studentsBehavioral responsesWorrySubscalesPsychiatric symptomsAnxietyImpairmentFunctional impairmentSuch relationshipsImpairment subscaleDepressive disorder
2021
Review: Ecological awareness, anxiety, and actions among youth and their parents – a qualitative study of newspaper narratives
Benoit L, Thomas I, Martin A. Review: Ecological awareness, anxiety, and actions among youth and their parents – a qualitative study of newspaper narratives. Child And Adolescent Mental Health 2021, 27: 47-58. PMID: 34687125, DOI: 10.1111/camh.12514.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClimate crisisYoung peopleYouth-led activismClimate change anxietyPatterns of discourseYoung activistsClimate changePress narrativesDiscourse analysisClimate actionImmature waysUltimate saviourYouth concernsSources of meaningNewspaper articlesNewspaper narrativesAttitudes of childrenInnocent victimsParadigmatic wayQualitative studyNVivo softwareEnvironmental actionsRespective perspectivesAmerican newspapersDefensive stance