Items | Total % (n) (disagreement/ agreement) | With experience % (n) (disagreement/ agreement) | Without experience % (n) (disagreement/ agreement) | Group difference‡ |
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Views on consequences of climate change-related concerns for mental health | ||||
In my opinion… | ||||
…climate change-related thoughts and feelings have the potential to lead to serious functional limitations in everyday life. | 27.5 (117) / 72.5 (308) | 19.0 (51)/ 81.0 (217) | 42.0 (66) / 58.0 (91) | χ2 (1) = 26.27, p < 0.001*** |
…climate change-related thoughts and feelings are motivators to tackle climate change and its consequences. | 20.7 (88) / 79.3 (337) | 15.3 (41) / 84.7 (227) | 29.9 (47) / 70.1 (110) | χ2 (1) = 12.92, p < 0.001*** |
…climate change-related thoughts and feelings are an expression of a zeitgeist. | 35.5 (150) / 64.5 (272) | 41.4 (110) / 58.6 (156) | 25.6 (40) / 74.4 (116) | χ2 (1) = 10.60, p = 0.002** |
…climate change-related thoughts and feelings only become relevant when they occur in the context of experienced traumatic events, e.g., extreme weather events, natural disasters. | 79.1 (334) / 20.9 (88) | 87.6 (234) / 12.4 (33) | 64.5 (100) / 35.5 (55) | χ2 (1) = 31.77, p < 0.001*** |
Views on how to address climate change-related concerns in therapy | ||||
In my opinion… | ||||
…climate change related thoughts and feelings should be taken up in a validating way in therapy. | 22.2 (93) / 77.8 (326) | 18.2 (48) / 81.8 (216) | 29.0 (45) / 71.0 (110) | χ2 (1) = 6.66, p = 0.030* |
…climate change-related thoughts and feelings can cause motivation and engagement that can be addressed in therapy (e.g., self-efficacy, activity building, self-care). | 15.2 (64) / 84.8 (358) | 10.1 (27) / 89.9 (240) | 23.9 (37) / 76.1 (118) | χ2 (1) = 14.43, p < 0.001*** |
…climate change-related thoughts and feelings can lead to stress, resignation, or despair, which should be addressed therapeutically (e.g., emotion regulation skills, relaxation, cognitive restructuring). | 15.2 (64) / 84.8 (357) | 12.0 (32) / 88.0 (234) | 20.6 (32) / 79.4 (155) | χ2 (1) = 5.64, p = 0.036* |
I consider the topic important for my therapeutic work, … | ||||
…and I believe that with the therapeutic skills I acquired, I am adequately prepared to address patients’ climate change-related thoughts and feelings. | 21.4 (89) / 78.6 (326) | 20.8 (55) / 79.2 (210) | 22.7 (34) / 77.3 (116) | χ2 (1) = 0.21, p = 0.648 |
…but I am concerned about my own potential overload from treating patients with climate change-related thoughts and feelings. | 73.7 (306) / 26.3 (109) | 69.1 (183) / 30.9 (82) | 82.0 (123) / 18.0 (27) | χ2 (1) = 8.29, p = 0.016* |
Views on required resources for addressing climate change-related concerns in therapy | ||||
I consider the topic important for my therapeutic work, … | ||||
…and inform or educate myself accordingly on how I can work therapeutically with patients expressing climate change-related thoughts and feelings. | 46.3 (192) / 53.7 (223) | 34.0 (90) / 66.0 (175) | 68.0 (102) / 32.0 (48) | χ2 (1) = 44.64, p < 0.001*** |
…but I don’t know where I can find information/further training on how to deal with patients expressing climate change-related thoughts and feelings. | 49.5 (205) / 50.5 (209) | 46.4 (123) / 53.6 (142) | 55.0 (82) / 45.0 (67) | χ2 (1) = 2.83, p = 0.092 |
I do not consider the topic important for psychotherapy and I am not interested in further information on how to work therapeutically with patients expressing climate change-related thoughts and feelings. | 80.3 (335) / 19.7 (82) | 89.5 (238) / 10.5 (28) | 64.2 (97) / 35.8 (54) | χ2 (1) = 38.83, p < 0.001*** |