Negative emotions about climate change are related to insomnia symptoms and mental health: Cross-sectional evidence from 25 countries
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Published:2021-02-16
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ISSN:1046-1310
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Container-title:Current Psychology
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Curr Psychol
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Ogunbode Charles AdedayoORCID, Pallesen Ståle, Böhm Gisela, Doran Rouven, Bhullar Navjot, Aquino Sibele, Marot Tiago, Schermer Julie Aitken, Wlodarczyk Anna, Lu Su, Jiang Feng, Salmela-Aro Katariina, Hanss Daniel, Maran Daniela Acquadro, Ardi Rahkman, Chegeni Razieh, Tahir Hajra, Ghanbarian Elahe, Park Joonha, Tsubakita Takashi, Tan Chee-Seng, van den Broek Karlijn L., Chukwuorji JohnBosco Chika, Ojewumi Kehinde, Reyes Marc Eric S., Lins Samuel, Enea Violeta, Volkodav Tatiana, Sollar Tomas, Navarro-Carrillo Ginés, Torres-Marín Jorge, Mbungu Winfred, Onyutha Charles, Lomas Michael J.
Abstract
AbstractClimate change threatens mental health via increasing exposure to the social and economic disruptions created by extreme weather and large-scale climatic events, as well as through the anxiety associated with recognising the existential threat posed by the climate crisis. Considering the growing levels of climate change awareness across the world, negative emotions like anxiety and worry about climate-related risks are a potentially pervasive conduit for the adverse impacts of climate change on mental health. In this study, we examined how negative climate-related emotions relate to sleep and mental health among a diverse non-representative sample of individuals recruited from 25 countries, as well as a Norwegian nationally-representative sample. Overall, we found that negative climate-related emotions are positively associated with insomnia symptoms and negatively related to self-rated mental health in most countries. Our findings suggest that climate-related psychological stressors are significantly linked with mental health in many countries and draw attention to the need for cross-disciplinary research aimed at achieving rigorous empirical assessments of the unique challenge posed to mental health by negative emotional responses to climate change.
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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General Psychology
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