A scoping review of the green parenthood effect on environmental and climate engagement

Shrum, Trisha R.; Platt, Natalie S.; Markowitz, Ezra M.; Syropoulos, Stylianos

doi:10.1002/wcc.818

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“…We hypothesize that this age group may be most likely to be raising young children and therefore have additional concerns about planetary health for their children's futures (sometimes referred to as the "green parenthood effect") [29,30]. Though this may suggest greater awareness of climate change among certain subgroups, our results also reflect specific groups whose mental health is disproportionately affected by climate change, and who require additional support and outreach.…”

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Exposure to Climate Events and Mental Health: Risk and Protective Factors from the California Health Interview Survey

Zhao,

Epel,

Allen

et al. 2024

Preprint

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There is increasing awareness of the effects of climate change on mental health, but more work on understanding risk and protective factors is needed. The 2021 California Health Interview Survey included new questions about exposure to extreme weather events and mental health responses. This study aims to identify how individual factors and neighborhood social cohesion are associated with negative mental health effects of exposure to extreme weather events. In this cross-sectional, representative study, we used data from the 2021 California Health Interview Survey to analyze the association between respondent characteristics and negative mental health effects following exposure to extreme weather events. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used, adjusting for individual-level sociodemographics and measures of neighborhood social cohesion. We found that 53% of the sample was affected by climate events (n = 12,955), and of these, 22.8% (n = 2,955) reported a negative impact on their mental health. Respondents who were younger, White, female, college-educated, or living in a rural area were more likely to report adverse mental health effects of climate events for themselves or household members. Individuals who had experienced property damage were much more likely to report negative mental health effects due to climate events [property damage adjusted OR 3.73, 95% CI 2.82-3.76]. This study identifies subgroups that may have higher vulnerability to the mental health effects of climate change events. Future research is needed to develop targeted prevention and outreach interventions these subgroups to build individual- and community-level resilience.

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confidence: 84%

Exposure to Climate Events and Mental Health: Risk and Protective Factors from the California Health Interview Survey

Zhao,

Epel,

Allen

et al. 2024

Preprint

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“…Although this feature of the design does not reduce confidence in the reduced form impact of the intergenerational dilemma, it muddles the interpretation of this effect. More work is needed to dissect the causal pathways between the intergenerational dilemma and climate policy preferences and the potential role that legacy concerns ( 28 ) and generativity ( 43 ) might play. Third, the heterogeneity analysis based on gender is exploratory, a feature that, in principle, should reduce our confidence in these results.…”

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Intergenerational altruism and climate policy preferences

Agneman,

Henriks,

Bäck

et al. 2024

PNAS Nexus

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Climate mitigation constitutes an intergenerational moral dilemma; the decisions we make today will inevitably shape the prospects for generations to come. Yet, we still know little about the relationship between intergenerational altruism—our concerns for the well-being of future generations—and support for costly climate mitigation policies. In this study, we present a novel approach to measuring intergenerational altruism through an intergenerational dilemma, where participants allocate resources across generations. First, we describe how intergenerational altruism depends on the temporal (social) distance between generations and demonstrate robust correlations between intergenerational altruism and support for several climate policies. Then, we leverage randomized participation in the intergenerational dilemma to show that it causally increases climate policy support, an effect we attribute to higher worries about human-induced climate change among treated subjects. An exploratory heterogeneity analysis suggests that the impact of the intergenerational dilemma is primarily driven by female and non-binary participants. In sum, this study presents both a novel measurement strategy and robust evidence of a malleable moral basis of climate policy preferences.

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“…As climate change-related threats become more pronounced [ 1 – 4 ], researchers are now extending their focus beyond the physical environment to examine their impact on the mental health of individuals within it [ 5 – 11 ]. This research highlights not only that climate change impacts mental health, but that resulting coping strategies and emotional reactions are a critical driver of pro-environmental engagement.…”

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“…As climate threats reach unprecedented heights [ 1 – 4 ], a growing consensus among researchers and clinicians underscores the pressing need to expand our perspective beyond physical environmental repercussions and recognize the impact of the ongoing climate crisis on the mental health and well-being of our global community [ 5 – 11 ]. Emerging research in this vein underscores the impact of climate change on mental health, but also that coping strategies and emotional reactions strongly predict pro-environmental engagement [ 12 , 13 ].…”

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Intergenerational concern relates to constructive coping and emotional reactions to climate change via increased legacy concerns and environmental cognitive alternatives

Syropoulos,

Law,

Mah

et al. 2024

BMC Psychol

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As the threat of climate change looms large, and we experience first-hand the impacts of rapid global warming, researchers and clinicians emphasize the need to better understand the impact of these changes on our mental health. Existing research suggests that coping with and emotional reactions to climate change can promote action to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change and reduce its negative impacts to one’s mental health. In this pre-registered study (N = 771) we examined whether people who display extreme intergenerational concern would also constructively cope with climate change. Empirically-identified individuals showing high intergenerational concern reported more problem-focused and meaning-based coping, and less avoidant coping strategies with climate change. Further, even though they felt guilty, angry, sorrowful and isolated, these individuals also felt hopeful about the future. These effects were explained by increased concerns about one’s legacy and higher access to environmental cognitive alternatives. By instilling values that highlight intergenerational concern as a key priority, we could thus not only increase pro-climate action, but also help individuals actively and constructively cope with changes produced by climate change.

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A scoping review of the green parenthood effect on environmental and climate engagement

Cited by 22 publications

References 108 publications

Exposure to Climate Events and Mental Health: Risk and Protective Factors from the California Health Interview Survey

Exposure to Climate Events and Mental Health: Risk and Protective Factors from the California Health Interview Survey

Intergenerational altruism and climate policy preferences

Intergenerational concern relates to constructive coping and emotional reactions to climate change via increased legacy concerns and environmental cognitive alternatives

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