Climate change threatens mental health via increasing exposure to the social and economic disruptions created by extreme weather and large-scale climatic events, as well as through the anxiety associated with recognising the existential threat posed by the climate crisis. Considering the growing levels of climate change awareness across the world, negative emotions like anxiety and worry about climate-related risks are a potentially pervasive conduit for the adverse impacts of climate change on mental health. In this study, we examined how negative climate-related emotions relate to sleep and mental health among a diverse non-representative sample of individuals recruited from 25 countries, as well as a Norwegian nationally-representative sample. Overall, we found that negative climate-related emotions are positively associated with insomnia symptoms and negatively related to self-rated mental health in most countries. Our findings suggest that climate-related psychological stressors are significantly linked with mental health in many countries and draw attention to the need for cross-disciplinary research aimed at achieving rigorous empirical assessments of the unique challenge posed to mental health by negative emotional responses to climate change.

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This study was carried out to examine the role of self-efficacy and social networks on entrepreneurial intention among polytechnic students in Ile -Ife Osun state, Nigeria. Theory of Reasoned action was used as a theoretical framework for this study. A survey design was adopted. The data for this study was collected in 2018 via a purposive sampling technique, where 240 students (81 females and 159 males) with age range of 21-35 years (M = 23.61, SD = 2.63) were selected from one polytechnic. Inferential statistics (t-test for independent measure) was used to test the hypotheses in this study. Result showed that there was significant difference between entrepreneurial intention of polytechnic students with low self-efficacy and high self-efficacy. There was significant difference between entrepreneurial intention of polytechnic students with low social network and high social network. Therefore, to improve entrepreneurial intention among polytechnic students, psychologists should organize psycho-educational interventions aim at increasing self-efficacy and social networks of polytechnic students.Reference: Ojewumi, K.A., Fagbenro, D.A. (2019). Entrepreneurial intention among polytechnic students in Nigeria: the role of self-efficacy and social networks.

This study was carried out to examine the role of self-efficacy and social networks on entrepreneurial intention among polytechnic students in Ile - Ife Osun state, Nigeria. Theory of Reasoned action was used as a theoretical framework for this study. A survey design was adopted. The data for this study was collected in 2018 via a purposive sampling technique, where 240 students (81 females and 159 males) with age range of 21–35 years (M = 23.61, SD = 2.63) were selected from one polytechnic. Inferential statistics (t-test for independent measure) was used to test the hypotheses in this study. Result showed that there was significant difference between entrepreneurial intention of polytechnic students with low self-efficacy and high self-efficacy. There was significant difference between entrepreneurial intention of polytechnic students with low social network and high social network. Therefore, to improve entrepreneurial intention among polytechnic students, psychologists should organize psycho-educational interventions aim at increasing self-efficacy and social networks of polytechnic students.

The study investigated the role of psycho-demographic factors (resilience, locus of control (LOC), perceived social support (PSS), and gender and university type) on entrepreneurial intention (EI) among final year university students (FYUS). A convenience sample of 491 male and female FYUS with age range from 20 to 35 years (M = 25.11 years, SD = 3.43) completed a cross sectional survey that comprised Demographic Information and measures of Resilience, PSS, LOC and Entrepreneurial Intention. The study hypotheses were tested with multiple regression and twoway ANOVA. The result revealed that there was significant joint influence of resilience, LOC and PSS on entrepreneurial intention (R2 = 0.16, F (3,487) = 30.68, p<.05). There was no significant interaction effect between gender and university type on EI (F= (1,487) = 0.01, p>.05). This study therefore concluded that resilience; LOC and PSS influence EI among FYUS. We therefore recommended that trained psychologists should develop resilience skill and appropriate LOC orientation program which invariably will boost FYUS positive intention towards starting their own business.