Research
There is awesome research going on around Aotearoa into the fields of climate psychology, nature-aware therapy, public health, and this intersects with lots of other disciplines.
Here are just some of the research reports completed already. If you would like your work to be shared here, please email Silvia.
Here are just some of the research reports completed already. If you would like your work to be shared here, please email Silvia.
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Research Forum
Students and researchers exploring climate change impacts in psychology, mental & public health are warmly invited together to share your work. An event of Climate Mental Health Aotearoa Monday 3 November, 12.00 – 1.30pm Free registration: https://events.humanitix.com/climate-psychology-research-forum If you would like to present your research, please email Linda Murray at Massey University: [email protected] |
Eco-anxiety in the therapeutic context
Jennifer van Beynen, Masters Thesis, Massey University, 2024
Eco-anxiety, or the indirect impacts of climate change on mental health, is a relatively new area of research. This research sought to explore the experiences of mental health professionals in Aotearoa who work with eco-anxiety. Six participants were interviewed and data was analysed using Reflexive Thematic Analysis. Four overall themes were developed: a) eco-anxiety is rational; b) a multidimensional construct; c) connection; and d) taking action. Future directions include how eco-anxiety may present as an ambient stressor, how colonisation may affect this experience, and developing alternative, non-pathological frameworks to conceptualise eco-anxiety. Further research is needed on how people in Aotearoa are experiencing eco-anxiety and how mental health professionals are working with this experience.
Jennifer van Beynen, Masters Thesis, Massey University, 2024
Eco-anxiety, or the indirect impacts of climate change on mental health, is a relatively new area of research. This research sought to explore the experiences of mental health professionals in Aotearoa who work with eco-anxiety. Six participants were interviewed and data was analysed using Reflexive Thematic Analysis. Four overall themes were developed: a) eco-anxiety is rational; b) a multidimensional construct; c) connection; and d) taking action. Future directions include how eco-anxiety may present as an ambient stressor, how colonisation may affect this experience, and developing alternative, non-pathological frameworks to conceptualise eco-anxiety. Further research is needed on how people in Aotearoa are experiencing eco-anxiety and how mental health professionals are working with this experience.