Psychology and Global Climate Change: Addressing a Multi-faceted Phenomenon and Set of Challenges A Report by the American Psychological Association's Task Force on the Interface Between Psychology…

By Janet K. Swim, S. Clayton, T. Doherty, R. Gifford. 2009

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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Examining relationships between climate change and mental health in the Circumpolar North (2014, background): “…change, the potential implications of climate change for mental health and well-being, both at the individual and the community levels, are now also beginning to be explored (Berry 2009; Berry et al. 2010a, b; Cunsolo Willox et al. 2013a, b; Doherty and Clayton 2011; Swim et al. 2010, 2011).”
Mitigating and adapting to climate change: multi-functional and multi-scale assessment of green urban infrastructure. (2014, background): “Coping capacities refer to the inner strengths and coping resources for necessary adaptation to situational demands such as climate change (Swim et al., 2009).”
The future that may (or may not) come: How framing changes responses to uncertainty in climate change communications (2011, background): “Although it may be one of the most important issues currently facing humanity, as an issue of personal concern climate change remains quite distant from the lives and thoughts of most individuals, at least in the developed world (Postmes, Rabinovich, Morton, & van Zoomeren, forthcoming; Swim et al.,”
Is climate change an ethical issue? Examining young adults’ beliefs about climate and morality (2012, background): “Diffusion of responsibility, feelings of inefficacy, motivated reasoning and information processing, and myriad other psychological and sociological mechanisms may also be at play (see Gardiner 2006; Kunda 1990; Lord et al. 1979; Swim et al. 2009).”
Personal experience and the ‘psychological distance’ of climate change: An integrative review (2015, background): “…with the reality and implications of climate change, and thus has the potential to reduce support for mitigating action and even for adaptive behavior (Lorenzoni & Pidgeon, 2006; Milfont, 2010; Newell, McDonald, Brewer, & Hayes, 2014; Rayner & Malone, 1997; Swim et al., 2009; Weber, 2006, 2010).”
Are homeowners willing to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change? (2012, background): “Recent work on how behaviours might be influenced has been undertaken by, for example, Lorenzoni et al. (2007), Swim et al. (2009), and Whitmarsh et al. (2010).”