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Coping with climate change among young people: Meaning-focused coping and constructive hope
Örebro University, School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences. (Psykologi)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6613-5974
University of California, Berkeley, USA.
2024 (English)In: Climate Change and Youth Mental Health: Multidisciplinary Perspectives / [ed] Elizabeth Haase; Kelsey Hudson, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024, p. 269-286Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Based on earlier empirical research, the main aim of this chapter is to argue for the importance of promoting meaning-focused coping and constructive hope in relation to climate change among young people. We start by describing the role of meaning and positive emotions like hope in the coping process and how meaning-focused coping and constructive hope are interrelated. Thereafter, we describe several aspects of meaning-focused coping in relation to the climate threat and show that this way of coping is associated with both mental well-being and climate change engagement. We also review some studies that demonstrate how collective climate engagement can give hope and meaning to young activists. The chapter also aims to discuss the practical implications of these studies, both for different groups of adults who want to communicate with youth about climate change in a constructive way (like parents and teachers) and for young people themselves. We finish the chapter by emphasizing the need for promoting critical emotional awareness where it is acknowledged that emotions and coping are not solely individual experiences but are also influenced by cultural emotion norms, gender norms, and power. The age groups in focus are adolescents and emerging adults.

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024. p. 269-286
Keywords [en]
youth, climate change worry, eco-anxiety, meaning-focused coping, hope, pre-environmental behavior, collective engagement, mental health, subjective well-being
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Psychology
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-114249DOI: 10.1017/9781009252904.016ISBN: 9781009252904 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-114249DiVA, id: diva2:1870788
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Swedish Research Council, 2021-04607Available from: 2024-06-15 Created: 2024-06-15 Last updated: 2024-06-17Bibliographically approved

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