Media Exposure, Climate Anxiety and Mental Health (MECAMH)
Climate change has negative implications for mental health through direct exposure to adverse environmental conditions, as well as through the anxiety and psychological distress that can arise from acknowledging the threat posed by global climate change. Previously, most studies have focused on the mental health effects of direct exposure to adverse climatic conditions but there is little empirical evidence regarding how mental health and wellbeing relate to expsoure to virtual media representations of ongoing environmental impacts. This project is aimed at addressing this gap in the literature by investigating the links between media exposure, climate change anxiety and mental health using data gathered in 32 countries.
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Project consortium
Australia
Dr Navjot Bhullar
Edith Cowan University
Brazil
Sibele Aquino
Tiago Marot
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
Canada
Professor Julie Aitken-Schermer
University of Western Ontario
Chile
Dr Anna Wlodarczyk
Universidad Católica del Norte
China
Dr Feng Jiang
Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing
Colombia
Dr Laura Martinez Buelvas
Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
Egypt & Oman
Dr Mai Helmy
Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Finland
Professor Katariina Salmela-Aro
University of Helsinki
Germany
Professor Daniel Hanss
Technical University of Darmstadt
Italy
Dr Daniela Acquadro Maran
University of Turin
India
Dr Radha Yadav
Christ University
Indonesia
Dr Rahkman Ardi
Airlangga University
Iran
Elahe Ghanbarian, University of Tehran
Somayeh Zand, University of Milan-Biccoca
Japan
Dr Joonha Park
Professor Takashi Tsubakita
NUCB Business School
Malaysia
Dr Chee-Seng Tan
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
Netherlands
Dr Karlijn van den Broek
University of Utrecht
Nigeria
Dr JohnBosco Chika Chukwuorji, University of Nigeria
Kehinde Ojewumi, Obafemi Awolowo University
Norway
Dr Rouven Doran, University of Bergen
Dr Razieh Chegeni (Iran), University of Oslo
Pakistan
Hajra Tahir
University of Bergen
Palestine
Dr Mai Albzour
Birzeit University
Philippines
Professor Marc Eric S Reyes
University of Santo Tomas
Portugal
Professor Samuel Lins
University of Porto
Romania
Dr Violeta Enea
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Russia
Dr Tatiana Volkodav
Kuban State University
Slovakia
Professor Tomáš Sollár
Constantine the Philosopher Unversity in Nitra
Spain
Dr Ginés Navarro-Carillo, University of Jaén
Jorge Torres-Marín, University of Granada
Sweden
Dr Maria Ojala
Örebro University
Tanzania
Dr Winfred Mbugu
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Turkey
Dr Aydin Bayad, University of Bielefeld
Dr Mehmet Karasu, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University
Uganda
Dr Charles Onyutha
Kyambogo University
United Arab Emirates
Dr Arin Ayanian, University of Bielefeld
Dr Jihane Ghorayeb, Zayed University
United Kingdom
Dr Charles Ogunbode, University of Nottingham (PI)
Dr Su Lu, De Montfort University
Dr Michael Lomas, University of Salford