Understanding Eco-anxiety: A Systematic Scoping Review of Current Literature and Identified Knowledge Gaps

Eco-anxiety is the distress caused by climate change where people are becoming anxious about their future. The present scoping reveiw critically evaluated and synthesized the scholarly literature on eco-anxiety and reported it using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analy...

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Autores principales:	Yumiko Coffey, Navjot Bhullar, Joanne Durkin, Md Shahidul Islam, Kim Usher
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Climate change Eco-anxiety Mental health Climate anxiety Scoping Review Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6e57e86eb6ef4feb82c55f91c60076a82021-11-18T04:54:01ZUnderstanding Eco-anxiety: A Systematic Scoping Review of Current Literature and Identified Knowledge Gaps2667-278210.1016/j.joclim.2021.100047https://doaj.org/article/6e57e86eb6ef4feb82c55f91c60076a82021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667278221000444https://doaj.org/toc/2667-2782Eco-anxiety is the distress caused by climate change where people are becoming anxious about their future. The present scoping reveiw critically evaluated and synthesized the scholarly literature on eco-anxiety and reported it using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR) [1]. The study aims were twofold: (i) to understand how eco-anxiety was operationalized in the existing literature, and (ii) the key characteristics of eco-anxiety. Our review found that further research is needed to provide conceptual clarity of the term eco-anxiety. We found that most of the evidence comes from the Western countries, and future research is needed in the non-Western countries. Indigenous peoples, children and young people, and those connected to the natural world are most impacted by eco-anxiety and are identified as vulnerable. We recommend employing diverse methodologies to better understand their lived experiences of eco-anxiety.Yumiko CoffeyNavjot BhullarJoanne DurkinMd Shahidul IslamKim UsherElsevierarticleClimate changeEco-anxietyMental healthClimate anxietyScoping ReviewPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270Meteorology. ClimatologyQC851-999ENThe Journal of Climate Change and Health, Vol 3, Iss , Pp 100047- (2021)
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topic	Climate change Eco-anxiety Mental health Climate anxiety Scoping Review Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999
spellingShingle	Climate change Eco-anxiety Mental health Climate anxiety Scoping Review Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999 Yumiko Coffey Navjot Bhullar Joanne Durkin Md Shahidul Islam Kim Usher Understanding Eco-anxiety: A Systematic Scoping Review of Current Literature and Identified Knowledge Gaps
description	Eco-anxiety is the distress caused by climate change where people are becoming anxious about their future. The present scoping reveiw critically evaluated and synthesized the scholarly literature on eco-anxiety and reported it using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR) [1]. The study aims were twofold: (i) to understand how eco-anxiety was operationalized in the existing literature, and (ii) the key characteristics of eco-anxiety. Our review found that further research is needed to provide conceptual clarity of the term eco-anxiety. We found that most of the evidence comes from the Western countries, and future research is needed in the non-Western countries. Indigenous peoples, children and young people, and those connected to the natural world are most impacted by eco-anxiety and are identified as vulnerable. We recommend employing diverse methodologies to better understand their lived experiences of eco-anxiety.
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title	Understanding Eco-anxiety: A Systematic Scoping Review of Current Literature and Identified Knowledge Gaps
title_short	Understanding Eco-anxiety: A Systematic Scoping Review of Current Literature and Identified Knowledge Gaps
title_full	Understanding Eco-anxiety: A Systematic Scoping Review of Current Literature and Identified Knowledge Gaps
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title_sort	understanding eco-anxiety: a systematic scoping review of current literature and identified knowledge gaps
publisher	Elsevier
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Understanding Eco-anxiety: A Systematic Scoping Review of Current Literature and Identified Knowledge Gaps

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