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Environmental identity is positively associated with psychological adaptation to climate change, both directly and indirectly through perceived nature restorativeness and negative eco-emotions. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To assess how environmental identity directly and indirectly influences psychological adaptation to climate change through perceived nature restorativeness and negative eco-emotions.

August 23, 2026SustainabilityOpen Access

Psychological Adaptation to Climate Change and the Social Dimension of Sustainability: Environmental Identity, Eco-Emotions, and Perceived Nature Restorativeness in a National Sample

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To assess how environmental identity directly and indirectly influences psychological adaptation to climate change through perceived nature restorativeness and negative eco-emotions.
Conducted a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of adults in Greece (n = 552) using stratified systematic random sampling.
Analyzed structural pathways between environmental identity, perceived restorativeness, negative eco-emotions, and psychological adaptation using covariance-based structural equation modelling.
Environmental identity was significantly associated with perceived restorativeness (β = 0.606, p < 0.001), psychological adaptation (β = 0.354, p < 0.001), and negative eco-emotions (β = 0.211, p = 0.001).
Perceived restorativeness predicted negative eco-emotions (β = 0.128, p = 0.031), which subsequently associated with psychological adaptation (β = 0.237, p < 0.001), while no direct path linked restorativeness to adaptation.
The integrative model explained 36.7% of the variance in perceived restorativeness, 23.0% in psychological adaptation, and 9.3% in negative eco-emotions.

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Cross-sectional study reveals environmental identity and eco-emotions drive psychological climate adaptation in adults, indicating the value of nature access for social resilience.

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Gkargkavouzi et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8aadb47677a3411444600e https://doi.org/10.3390/su18168578

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Cross-sectional study reveals environmental identity and eco-emotions drive psychological climate adaptation in adults, indicating the value of nature access for social resilience.

Psychological Adaptation to Climate Change and the Social Dimension of Sustainability: Environmental Identity, Eco-Emotions, and Perceived Nature Restorativeness in a National Sample

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Psychological Adaptation to Climate Change and the Social Dimension of Sustainability: Environmental Identity, Eco-Emotions, and Perceived Nature Restorativeness in a National Sample

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