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Journal article
The Relationship Between Climate Change Issue Engagement, Connection to Nature and Mental Wellbeing
Frontiers in Public Health, Vol.10, 790578
09/05/2022
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Abstract
As the threat of climate change becomes increasingly prevalent for people in both the developed and developing world, the impact of climate change on mental wellbeing has become a crucial area of research. In addition to the direct, indirect, and psychosocial impacts of climate change on mental wellbeing, there is also a question of how climate change driven changes to the environment will influence the well-established positive relationship between connection to nature and mental wellbeing. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between climate change issue engagement, connection to nature, and mental wellbeing in English speaking adults over 18 years of age. This study examined the average levels of connection to nature and mental wellbeing in people with different levels of climate change issue engagement, and evaluated whether a person's level of climate change issue engagement uniquely predicted mental wellbeing. The study corroborated positive relationships between wellbeing and various aspects of relatedness to nature in the overall sample. The strength of these relationships, however, depended on the level of climate change issue engagement. More specifically, the level of engagement is inversely linked to mental wellbeing, such that the lower the level of engagement, generally the higher is wellbeing.
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- Title
- The Relationship Between Climate Change Issue Engagement, Connection to Nature and Mental Wellbeing
- Creators
- Matt Whelan - School of Psychology and Wellbeing, Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, AustraliaShahin Rahimi-Golkhandan - School of Psychology and Wellbeing, Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, AustraliaEric Brymer - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in Public Health, Vol.10, 790578
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Identifiers
- 991013019916602368
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2022 Whelan, Rahimi-Golkhandan and Brymer. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
- Academic Unit
- Human Sciences; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article