Dialectics of Eco-anxiety: Encountering Uncertainty and Negotiating (Im)possible Futures

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dc.contributor.advisorZhao, Xu
dc.contributor.authorGuenette, Jeannine
dc.contributor.committeememberWada, Kaori
dc.contributor.committeememberClark, Douglas
dc.date2022-11
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-22T17:02:03Z
dc.date.available2022-08-22T17:02:03Z
dc.date.issued2022-08-18
dc.description.abstractUsing a constructivist grounded theory method and taking a critical theory approach, this study aims to understand how people reporting eco-anxiety grapple with uncertainty about individual and collective futures in the context of the climate emergency. Data is drawn from public discussions about climate change in two online community forums hosted by the website Reddit. Findings are presented as dialectics representative of the multiple tensions and contradictions that frame and inform how people (primarily in the Global North) are currently making sense of the threat of climate change. These dialectics delineate several discursive dimensions of eco-anxiety and the meaning-making processes that people engage in to manage various forms of distress and how they (re)construct visions of viable futures. This project will contribute to sociological and psychological literature on the nature of eco-anxiety and the process of coping with uncertainty to enhance understandings of the impact of eco-anxiety on individual and collective well-being. In closing with a discussion of the implications for therapeutic practice, four pathways are suggested for stoking the burgeoning transformative process theorized here to be implicit in eco-anxiety.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGuenette, J. (2022). Dialectics of Eco-anxiety: Encountering Uncertainty and Negotiating (Im)possible Futures (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/115122
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/40158
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyWerklund School of Educationen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectEco-anxietyen_US
dc.subjectClimate anxietyen_US
dc.subjectClimate changeen_US
dc.subjectGrounded theoryen_US
dc.subjectCritical Theoryen_US
dc.subject.classificationPsychologyen_US
dc.titleDialectics of Eco-anxiety: Encountering Uncertainty and Negotiating (Im)possible Futuresen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEducation Graduate Program – Educational Psychologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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