Psychology and Climate Change: Human Perceptions, Impacts, and Responses

Psychology and Climate Change: Human Perceptions, Impacts, and Responses organizes and summarizes recent work in the field of psychology on the issue of climate change. The book covers topics ranging from how people perceive and respond to climate change, how people understand and communicate about the issue, how it impacts individuals and communities, particularly vulnerable communities, and how individuals and communities can best prepare for and mitigate negative climate change impacts. Further, it examines the role of emotion, messenger-audience fit, bi-directional communication, and issue relevance in shaping engagement and receptivity in the effectiveness of climate change communication efforts. Psychology and Climate Change lays out the clear relevance of psychological phenomena to perceptions (e.g., risk perception, motivated cognition, denial), impacts (threats to mental health, social well-being, and sense of place), and behavior (mitigation and adaptation). The book strives to engage diverse stakeholders, both within and between nations, to develop and implement effective mitigation and adaptation policies on the urgent and very real issue of climate change. Addresses psychological adaptation processes related to climate changeDraws upon identity threat, identity-based motivation, and belongingDiscusses the difference between acute climate change events and slowly-emerging changes on our mental healthExplores the effectiveness of climate change communication effortsExamines psychological stress and injury related to global climate changeConsiders how perceptions of climate change vary across nationsPresents a conceptual framework for classifying individual and household behaviorPromotes individual and community resilience INDICE: 1. Introduction2. Perceptions3. Communicating about climate change4. Climate change discussions in social context5. A diversity science approach to climate change6. Climate change and psychological well-being7. Individual impacts and resilience8. Barriers to responding9. Contributions of psychology to limiting climate change10. Coming to terms with climate change: Psychological adaptation and engagement processes11. Community resilience and climate change: Insights, examples, and directions for future research

• ISBN: 978-0-12-813130-5
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 250
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2018
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés