Worry related to climate change in Brazilian adults.

Maria Nieves, Karen Jansen
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Introduction: Climate change is happening, and feeling anxiety can be seen as a natural response to it. Climate anxiety is the worry about the climate crisis and could be related to specific emotions and thoughts. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of worry about climate change, and to describe the emotions and thoughts associated to it in Brazilian adults.

Method: Cross-sectional study with participants aged between 18-42 years (n=323). Data were collected online using the questionnaire developed by Hickman and colleagues, which assesses the worry, thoughts and feelings about climate change.

Results: 88.5% were worried about climate change. The feelings of sadness, powerlessness, fear and anxiety were reported more often among those who were worried. The most frequent thoughts were: "People have failed to take care of the planet", "The future is frightening", "My family's security will be threatened" and "Humanity is doomed".

Discussion: In this sample, the majority of the individuals were concerned about climate change, and they showed more negative emotions and thoughts when compared to individuals that were not concerned. Future studies should take care to not understand natural worries and anxiety responses to climate change as pathological.

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巴西成年人对气候变化的担忧。
导读:气候变化正在发生,感到焦虑可以被视为对它的自然反应。气候焦虑是对气候危机的担忧,可能与特定的情绪和思想有关。本研究的目的是评估巴西成年人对气候变化担忧的普遍程度,并描述与之相关的情绪和想法。方法:横断面研究,参与者年龄在18-42岁之间(n=323)。数据是通过希克曼及其同事开发的问卷在线收集的,该问卷评估了人们对气候变化的担忧、想法和感受。结果:88.5%的受访者担心气候变化。悲伤、无力、恐惧和焦虑的感觉在那些担心的人身上更为常见。最常见的想法是:“人类没能照顾好这个星球”、“未来是可怕的”、“我家人的安全将受到威胁”和“人类灭亡了”。讨论:在这个样本中,大多数人都关心气候变化,与不关心的人相比,他们表现出更多的负面情绪和想法。未来的研究应该注意不要把对气候变化的自然担忧和焦虑反应理解为病态。
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