Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy.
A.P.S. Europa Donna Italia, Milan, Italy.
Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2020 Apr-Jun;56(2):150-156. doi: 10.4415/ANN_20_02_04.
The negative effects of climate change affect community subsistence models, thus determining an increase in social conflicts, a loosening of social capital, an increase in the incidence of traumas and diseases, and a push for migration.
This exploratory research compares the perception of climate change, as well as the reduction of social capital and mental health, in two groups of migrants arriving in Italy from African countries with high or extreme vulnerability to climate change.
The perception of climate change and the degree of social capital were assessed with a semi-structured interview. The psychological condition was investigated through a clinical psychological interview and tests.
The group of migrants coming from countries with extreme exposure to climate change perceive greater vulnerability of their country and reports a greater loss of social capital. The level of education does not seem to affect the ability to perceive climate change. In the entire sample, there is a strong correlation between the perception of change and the loss of social capital, and between the loss of social capital and emotional disorders.
The study suggests that actions to preserve the social capital of a community strongly exposed to climate change can mitigate the impact of change on mental health.
气候变化的负面影响影响着社区的生存模式，从而导致社会冲突加剧、社会资本减少、创伤和疾病发病率上升以及移民增加。
本探索性研究比较了两组来自气候变化高脆弱性或极端脆弱性非洲国家的移民对气候变化的感知，以及社会资本减少和心理健康状况。
采用半结构式访谈评估气候变化的感知和社会资本的程度。通过临床心理访谈和测试调查心理状况。
来自气候变化极端脆弱国家的移民群体认为自己国家更容易受到气候变化的影响，并报告称社会资本损失更大。教育水平似乎并不影响感知气候变化的能力。在整个样本中，对变化的感知与社会资本的损失之间，以及社会资本的损失与情绪障碍之间存在很强的相关性。
研究表明，保护强烈暴露于气候变化的社区的社会资本的行动可以减轻变化对心理健康的影响。
