- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1. Introduction: Psychology and climate change
- Part I: Perceptions and Communication
- 2. Perceptions of climate change
- 3. Climate change communication: Challenges, insights, and opportunities
- 4. Social construction of scientifically grounded climate change discussions
- Abstract
- Acknowledgements
- 4.1 Social construction of scientifically grounded climate change discussions
- 4.2 The importance of conversations
- 4.3 Barriers to conversations
- 4.4 Improving conversations
- 4.5 Applying research in practice
- 4.6 Effects of training on educators and visitors to informal science learning centers
- 4.7 Conclusion
- Appendix A Details about study
- References
- 5. A diversity science approach to climate change
- Part II: Responding to Climate Change
- 6. Contributions of psychology to limiting climate change: Opportunities through consumer behavior
- 7. Understanding responses to climate change: Psychological barriers to mitigation and a new theory of behavioral choice
- Abstract
- 7.1 Why aren’t we taking (more) action?
- 7.2 Psychological barriers: The dragons of inaction
- 7.3 Developing an instrument for measuring psychological barriers
- 7.4 The Dragons of Inaction Psychological Barriers (DIPB) instrument
- 7.5 Practical applications
- 7.6 Future research directions
- 7.7 Incorporating psychological barriers into a new model of behavior choice
- 7.8 Conclusion
- References
- 8. Environmental protection through societal change: What psychology knows about collective climate action—and what it needs to find out
- Abstract
- 8.1 The social psychology of climate change
- 8.2 Conceptualizing group-based behavior: The social identity model of collective action
- 8.3 Becoming a collective climate protection activist: From normative conflict to social validation and consensualizing
- 8.4 Collective climate action as a source of personality development and well-being
- 8.5 Conclusion: Developing an environmental psychology approach for explaining societal transition processes
- References
- Part III: Wellbeing and Resilience
- 9. Threats to mental health and wellbeing associated with climate change
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Physical health effects of climate change
- 9.3 Mental health impacts from acute climate-related events
- 9.4 Mental health impacts from chronic climate changes
- 9.5 Impacts of climate change on social relationships
- 9.6 Vulnerable populations
- 9.7 Toward resilience
- 9.8 Conclusion
- References
- 10. Individual impacts and resilience
- Abstract
- 10.1 How climate change impacts mental health: Three pathways
- 10.2 Cultural diversity, intersectionality and climate justice
- 10.3 Climate change: Vulnerability and risk factors for mental health impacts
- 10.4 Mental health disorders associated with global climate change
- 10.5 How climate change threatens psychological flourishing
- 10.6 Barriers to psychological coping with climate change: Complexity, disinformation, and powerlessness
- 10.7 Steps toward coping with global climate change as an individual
- 10.8 Therapeutic responses to climate change impacts
- 10.9 A positive message: Thriving in the era of global climate change
- References
- 11. Psychological perspectives on community resilience and climate change: Insights, examples, and directions for future research
- 9. Threats to mental health and wellbeing associated with climate change
- Index
Psychology and Climate Change
Human Perceptions, Impacts, and Responses
Edited by
Susan Clayton
The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, United States
Christie Manning
Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN, United States
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