Praxis Der Kinderpsychologie Und Kinderpsychiatrie最新文献

Because the effects of climate change become increasingly evident, climate change related negative emotions like anxiety become more prominent, particularly among younger populations. This study introduces psychometric properties and validity of the German Climate Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (GCAS-A), a tool specifically designed to assess climate anxiety in Germanspeaking adolescents. Results of a sample of 136 adolescents (Mage = 18.21 years, SD = 2.92, range: 14 to 24 years, 66 % female) are presented. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a fourfactor structure (factors affective, behavioral, physiological and impairment). Further analyses revealed significant associations between climate anxiety, gender, age, pro-environmental behavior, and awareness of climate change, thus aligning with previous research. The findings suggest that the GCAS-A is a valid and internally consistent tool for assessing climate anxiety in adolescents. This study highlights the importance of investigating climate anxiety in adolescents. Future research should focus on exploring the generalizability and validity of the scale across more diverse samples and on analyses of direction of effects in longitudinal studies.

Recommendations for Teachers How to Support Young People Coping with Climate Change Climate change poses a major threat to current and future generations. Even the indirect experience via media can trigger stress in young people. The social environment can strengthen young people's resilience to cope with climate change and their climate emotions. In the context of a qualitative interview study, six adolescents were asked about their climate emotions and coping strategies as well as about the influence of their social environment. Hereupon, recommendations for teachers to support their students in building appropriate coping strategies were developed. This article examines them in more detail. To conclude, teachers can support their students in coping with climate change by acting as positive role models, educating about climate change, providing opportunities for action, as well as validating their student ´s climate emotions and creating spaces for conversations.

Supporting Young People in Social Crisis Situations - Taking Joint Responsibility for the Mental Health of Children and Young Adolescents Children and young people are particularly affected by socio-ecological crises in several ways. They are more easily harmed by their effects, they are also less able to cope with the effects, which potentially increases the damage, they are dependent on adults and institutions and they often look at what is happening in the world with greater concern. Particularly vulnerable are adolescents who do not have a stable family system, children and young people who have experienced flight, and young people who are less well included in society due to poverty or other factors. In times of increasing social and global crises with repercussions right on the doorstep, schools and other social institutions are therefore important stabilizing institutions. This article is aimed at institutions and individuals who work with children and young people and sheds light on how they can support children and young people.

Child and Adolescent Health in the Context of Planetary Health Due to various physiological, developmental, and behavioral factors, children and adolescents are particularly affected by the health effects of the planetary crises (climate change, pollution, and loss of biodiversity). In particular, climate change affects child health and development through direct (e. g., heat) and indirect effects (e. g., mental health). Against this background, the concept of planetary health is particularly important, since it builds on the concept of nine planetary boundaries that are considered a safe operating space for human existence. Planetary health describes the relationships between human health with the natural, political, economic, and social systems of the earth, which form the basis for human health. As a result, an intact natural environment is a basic requirement for a healthy life for the population of our planet. This review shows how this concept can help to further develop prevention, health promotion and health care in order to ensure adaptation to the changing conditions ("adaptation") and at the same time to weaken climate change ("mitigation"). Applications in the field of teaching, patient training and community health are presented. In the future, climatesensitive health counseling in particular can play a role in the future to support the individual health and that of the planet ("co-benefits").

Regulating the "Inner Climate" in Times of Global Warming "Climate protection is child protection". This statement by the German Psychological Society ("DGPs-Stellungnahme_KiJu_Klima, 2023) vividly illustrates the negative effects of climate change on children's psyches. According to the Sinus-Youth study (Calmbach et al., 2024), climate anxiety ranks second in the hierarchy of adolescent anxieties, immediately following the fear of war. Asbrand, Peter, Calvano, and Dohm (2024) have demonstrated that young people are significantly burdened by climate fears. While there are numerous descriptions of the problem, this article focuses on potential solutions. The present article focusses on two such approaches: START (Stress-Traumasymptoms-Arousal-Regulation-Treatment) (Dixius u. Möhler, 2016) and START-Kids (Stress-Arousal-Regulation-Treatment for Kids) (Dixius u. Möhler, 2023). START is intended for adolescents aged 13 and above, while START-Kids is designed for children between the ages of 6 and 12. The feasibility of these programs has been demonstrated in clinical settings and in several schools (Munz et al., under review). In clinical evaluation studies, emotional strain and stress were found to be significantly reduced. This article provides a brief overview of these new resilience-promoting programs an example of the START-Kids working materials from a handout for families.

Sensory Processing Sensitivity - Significance of the Trait for Diagnostics and Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents Sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) is a temperamental trait that is partly hereditary. It is characterised by a general heightened sensitivity to internal and external stimuli, regardless of whether the stimuli are positive or negative. Consequently, heightened sensitivity can have both beneficial and detrimental effects on mental health and can act as both a protective and a risk factor, depending on the nature of the relevant influences. Highly sensitive people (HSP) with adverse childhood experiences are correspondingly more vulnerable to stress-related symptoms such as burnout, anxiety disorders and depression. In line with the increased responsiveness to supportive stimuli, initial studies show an increased effectiveness in the context of prevention, for example with regard to depression, as well as in relation to psychotherapy in highly sensitive children and adolescents. This indicates both a possibly increased vulnerability to adverse experiences and a potentially higher response to prevention and intervention by highly sensitive individuals. This review article will address this topic and discuss some implications for diagnostics and psychotherapy with children and adolescents.