Climate Stress in Everyday Life: How Can We Support Children?
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climate change / climate crisis / mental health / children and adolescents / coping with emotions
Climate Stress in Everyday Life: How Can We Support Children?
The climate crisis leads to significant changes in nature and ultimately in our society challenging all of us. Children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable in their mental processing, as well as physically, due to their socially dependent position. How can we support them in dealing with this major challenge in their lives? We present current scientific findings related to the lives of young people. How can we support children in coping with climate stress? A team of psychologists explains. / more
Tilting at windmills: How conspiracy theories hinder climate action and what to do about it
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Conspiracy belief / conspiracy theories / conspiracy mentality / climate change / climate protection
Tilting at windmills: How conspiracy theories hinder climate action and what to do about it
Conspiracy theories about climate change are common. People who believe in them show less climate-friendly attitudes and behaviors. But there are ways to reduce the impact of conspiracy theories in the context of climate action. / more
Cooperation in social dilemmas: How can psychology help to meet climate change goals?
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climate change / environment / cooperation / social dilemma / tragedy of the commons / social identity / social norms
Cooperation in social dilemmas: How can psychology help to meet climate change goals?
Effectively managing shared natural resources is essential to protecting and improving our physical environment. This cannot be done without cooperation at international, national and local levels. Bringing together research on social dilemmas from the laboratory and the field gives us hope that we can work together to make a difference: we are social beings not ruled purely by economic motives, but influenced by our social context....
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