Das „innere Klima“ regulieren in Zeiten globaler Erwärmung.

Abstract

Regulating the "Inner Climate" in Times of Global Warming "Climate protection is child protection". This statement by the German Psychological Society ("DGPs-Stellungnahme_KiJu_Klima, 2023) vividly illustrates the negative effects of climate change on children's psyches. According to the Sinus-Youth study (Calmbach et al., 2024), climate anxiety ranks second in the hierarchy of adolescent anxieties, immediately following the fear of war. Asbrand, Peter, Calvano, and Dohm (2024) have demonstrated that young people are significantly burdened by climate fears. While there are numerous descriptions of the problem, this article focuses on potential solutions. The present article focusses on two such approaches: START (Stress-Traumasymptoms-Arousal-Regulation-Treatment) (Dixius u. Möhler, 2016) and START-Kids (Stress-Arousal-Regulation-Treatment for Kids) (Dixius u. Möhler, 2023). START is intended for adolescents aged 13 and above, while START-Kids is designed for children between the ages of 6 and 12. The feasibility of these programs has been demonstrated in clinical settings and in several schools (Munz et al., under review). In clinical evaluation studies, emotional strain and stress were found to be significantly reduced. This article provides a brief overview of these new resilience-promoting programs an example of the START-Kids working materials from a handout for families.