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A multiple needs framework for climate change anxiety interventions

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Bingley, William J., Tran, Anh, Boyd, Candice P., Gibson, Kari, Kalokerinos, Elise K., Koval, Peter, Kashima, Yoshihisa, McDonald, Dianna, Greenaway, Katharine H.·2022·American Psychologist
DOI 10.1037/amp0001012
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Abstract

Climate change anxiety is a growing problem for individual well-being the world over. However, psychological interventions to address climate change anxiety may have unintended effects on outcomes other than individual well-being, such as group cohesion and pro-environmental behavior. In order to address these complexities, we outline a multiple needs framework of climate change anxiety interventions, which can be used to analyze interventions in terms of their effects on individual, social, and environmental outcomes. We use this framework to contextualize a systematic review of the literature detailing the effects of climate change anxiety interventions. This analysis identifies interventions centered around problem-focused action, emotion management, and enhancing social connections as those which have beneficial effects on the widest range of outcomes. It also identifies interventions that may have detrimental effects on one or more outcomes. We identify gaps where more research is required, including research that assesses the effects of climate change anxiety interventions on individual, social, and environmental outcomes in concert. An interactive website summarizes these insights and presents the results of the systematic review in a way that is, accessible to a range of stakeholders. The multiple needs framework provides a way to conceptualize the effectiveness of climate change anxiety interventions beyond their impact on individual well-being, contributing to a more holistic understanding of the effects of this global phenomenon. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

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  • Minimising or questioning feelings of climate distress can discourage meaningful exploration of the topic, hinder healthy coping strategies, and harm the therapeutic alliance.

    “Clinicians must ensure they do not minimise or question feelings of climate distress, as this can discourage meaningful exploration of the topic, hinder healthy coping strategies, and harm the therapeutic alliance [56,57,59].”

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  • Addressing ways the client can participate in meaningful eco-friendly action can mitigate hopelessness and anxiety and enhance community participation, self-efficacy, and competence.

    “addressing ways the client can participate in meaningful eco-friendly action can mitigate hopelessness and anxiety [59,60], and enhance community participation, self-efficacy, and competence [6,20,57].”

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  • Increasing one's awareness of climate change in daily life can have counterproductive effects on wellbeing outcomes and may increase anxiety, concern or distress.

    “Additionally, it has been found that increasing one's awareness of climate change and in their daily life can have counterproductive effects on wellbeing outcomes and may increase anxiety, concern or distress [20,59].”

    From Climate Distress: A Review of Current Psychological Research and Practice (2023) · cites this paper as [59]

  • Group action or therapy results in a sense of common purpose, fostering relatedness, peer interactions and social connection.

    “Group action or therapy results in a sense of common purpose, fostering relatedness, peer interactions and social connection [20,57,59].”

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  • Developing a deep connection to place, wilderness and non-human beings provides a sense of stewardship and personal investment.

    “Developing a deep connection to place, wilderness and non-human beings provides a sense of stewardship and personal investment [59,60].”

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Authors
Bingley, W. J., Tran, A., Boyd, C. P., Gibson, K., Kalokerinos, E. K., Koval, P., Kashima, Y., McDonald, D., & Greenaway, K. H.
Affiliations
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
  • Sustainability Victoria (AU)
ORCID
Venue
American Psychologist
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2022-10
Volume
77
Issue
7
Pages
812-821
ISSN
  • 0003-066X (ISSN-L)
  • 1935-990X
DOI
10.1037/amp0001012
OpenAlex
W4280583431
Cited by
63
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 16 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 1
FWCI
16.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • American Psychologist (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Lirias (acceptedVersion)
  • Lirias (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
  • PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
Funders
University of Melbourne
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
Keywords
climate anxiety, psychological intervention, group cohesion, pro-environmental behavior, well-being, emotional management, social connectedness, interactive website
MeSH terms
Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Emotions, Humans, Climate Change

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