The relationship between climate change anxiety and psychotic experiences is mediated by death anxiety

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dc.contributor.authorFekih-Romdhane, Feten
dc.contributor.authorMalaeb, Diana
dc.contributor.authorPostigo, Alvaro
dc.contributor.authorDabbous, Mariam
dc.contributor.authorObeid, Sahar
dc.contributor.authorHallit, Souheil
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.contributor.firstauthorFekih-Romdhane, Feten
dc.contributor.labNAen_US
dc.contributor.pgstudent0en_US
dc.contributor.researcherExternal Collaborationen_US
dc.contributor.ugstudent0en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-09T09:44:12Z
dc.date.available2024-04-09T09:44:12Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-26
dc.description.abstractBackground: As climate change persists, accelerates, and intensifies, and since mitigating factors are absent, mental health impacts are expected to follow the same patterns. Therefore, it appears of utmost importance to deepen and broaden the knowledge and understanding of how and through which mechanisms climate change anxiety (CCA) may interplay with mental health outcomes. Based on the stress-vulnerability model of psychosis, the present study proposed to examine the relationship between CCA and psychotic experiences (PEs), and to test the theoretically-driven hypothesis that death anxiety acts as a mediator in this relationship. Method: This study adopted a cross-sectional approach involving a sample of young adults aged 18 to 35 years (mean age = 24.56 ± 22.49 years; 63.9% females) originating from, and residing in Lebanon. Results: The results of the mediation analysis showed that death anxiety partially mediated the association between CCA and PEs. Higher CCA was significantly associated with higher death anxiety; higher death anxiety was significantly associated with more PEs. Finally, higher CCA was directly and significantly associated with more PEs. Conclusion: Drawing from the present preliminary findings, the key tentative recommendation is that addressing death anxiety might alleviate the association between CCA and PEs. In addition, government decision-makers need to recognize the necessity of considering climate change implications on mental health in policy and decision-making.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFekih-Romdhane F, Malaeb D, Postigo A, Sakr F, Dabbous M, Khatib SE, Obeid S, Hallit S. The relationship between climate change anxiety and psychotic experiences is mediated by death anxiety. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2024 Jan 26:207640231221102. doi: 10.1177/00207640231221102en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/00207640231221102en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14131/1532
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.indexScopusen_US
dc.source.indexOther indexen_US
dc.source.journalInternational Journal of Social Psychiatryen_US
dc.subjectClimate change anxiety; climate change; death anxiety; psychotic experiences; young adults.en_US
dc.subject.KSAPSYen_US
dc.titleThe relationship between climate change anxiety and psychotic experiences is mediated by death anxietyen_US
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