Climate Change and Human Well-Being: Global Challenges and Opportunities

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Climate Change and Human Well-Being: Global Challenges and Opportunities

·2011·International and Cultural Psychology

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The full spectrum of psychosocial consequences of climate change-related events ranges from mental illness to positive experiences such as Post Traumatic Growth, empathy, compassion, altruism, and emotional resilience.
“Exploring the complexity of psychological responses in the book, Climate change and human well-being, Weissbecker et al., discuss the full spectrum of psychosocial consequences of climate change-related events ranging from mental illness to more positive experiences like ‘Post Traumatic Growth’ (PTG), empathy, compassion, altruism, and emotional resilience [25].”
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Venue: International and Cultural Psychology
Publisher: Springer New York
Published: 2011
ISSN: 1574-0455
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-9742-5
OpenAlex: W2482565968
Cited by: 90
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Citations by year: 2026: 6 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
FWCI: 3.56
Type: book
Language: en
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Topics: Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Climate Change and Health Impacts
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate Change and Environmental Impact
Keywords: climate change, human well-being, climate change impacts, adaptation, vulnerability

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