Summit
2024 APS Global Psychological Science Summit · 2024
Understanding the Roots of Climate-Related Emotions: Associations with Nature Connectedness and Experiences of Nature
- Christina Kim-Shin
University of Montreal - Steve Lorteau
University of Toronto - Jessica Stern
Pomona College - Audrey-Ann Deneault
Université de Montréal
Abstract
This study aims to understand whether a person’s levels of connectedness to nature and experiences in nature are associated with their negative emotions related to climate change. In a questionnaire study of 371 undergraduate students, nature connectedness but not experiences in nature predicted climate worry, eco-anxiety, and ecological grief.
Climate Change