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Chapter 21 - Future Directions

Youth Climate Distress and Climate Justice

from Part II - Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Youth Climate Distress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2024

By
Sarah Jaquette Ray  and
Britt Wray
Edited by
Elizabeth Haase  and
Kelsey Hudson
Elizabeth Haase
Affiliation:
University of Nevada, Reno
Kelsey Hudson
Affiliation:
Climate Psychology Alliance North America
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Summary

The concluding chapter of this volume maps the contributions of the book as a whole, articulates possible future directions for further research, and offers a humanities lens to this conversation about youth mental health. Directions for further exploration include expanding the frame to encompass studies of affect and emotions (not just mental health), investigating the cultural politics of emotions (not just the importance of inner well-being) by situating emotions within political landscapes, enlarging the vocabulary of climate emotions (beyond the language of mental health), and queering climate emotions research.

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synthesisfuture directionscommentaryaffect theorypoliticsemotionmental-healthificationclimate hostagescalelanguagetraumaclimate mental health justiceeco-fascismqueer ecology
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Climate Change and Youth Mental Health
Multidisciplinary Perspectives
 , pp. 403 - 419
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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