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On the essentialism of places: Between conservative and progressive meanings
Publication date: Available online 27 June 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Maria Lewicka, Kamil Rowiński, Bartłomiej Iwańczak, Bibianna Bałaj, Agnieszka Maria Kula, Tomasz Oleksy, Monika Prusik, Sabina Toruńczyk-Ruiz, Anna WnukAbstractPsychological essentialism is a widely studied concept within the social sciences, including the field of psychology. However, this concept has not been empirically explored when applied to perception of places. In this paper, we show that the essentialism vs. anti-essentialism philosophical controversy underlies the discussion carried out in human geography ove...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - June 28, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Assessing psychological adaptation during polar winter-overs: The isolated and confined environments questionnaire (ICE-Q)
This article describes a standardized instrument, the ICE-Q, to help evaluate individual differences in adaptation to ICE environments.Several groups (n = 140), each spending one year in sub-Antarctic or Antarctic stations, completed a questionnaire. Factor analyses provided strong evidence for the construct validity of the ICE-Q. The most salient factors were (a) social (e.g., relationships, social support), (b) emotional (e.g., emotional changes, boredom) (c) occupational (e.g., level of investment in work and leisure activities), and (d) physical (e.g., fatigue, well-being).Complementing other methods, this short, q...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - June 22, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Cognitive complexity increases climate change belief
Publication date: Available online 22 June 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Long Chen, Kerrie UnsworthAbstractThe present research bridged the relationship between cognitive complexity and belief in anthropogenic climate change and tested the differential effectiveness of two argument types. In the first two studies (with 817 and 226 participants, respectively) we found that participants with lower levels of cognitive complexity were less likely to believe in anthropogenic climate change than those with higher levels. In Study 3 we used an experimental design with 304 participants to examine the re...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - June 22, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Building Attachments to Places of Settlement: A Holistic Approach to Refugee Wellbeing in Nelson, Aotearoa New Zealand
Publication date: Available online 15 June 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Amber KaleAbstractImportant people-place relationships are often severed during forced displacement, leading many refugees to feel a sense of loss, grief, and disorientation which can negatively impact upon their wellbeing and hinder their resettlement in a new country. Whilst there is an extensive body of literature concerning the negative impact that displacement can have on the lives of individuals and diasporic communities, there has been much less focus on how former refugees might cope with their loss and enhance thei...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - June 16, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

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Publication date: June 2019Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology, Volume 63Author(s): (Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology)
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - June 13, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research