Impact of environmental crisis on human well-being: A review

Pages: 874-878
Sunil Gupta (Department of Psychology, Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi, New Delhi)

Environmentalism in the context of psychological science is a behavioral toned proclivity to take actions with pre-environmental intent. The preliminary footstep towards understanding the intricacies between human psyche and environmental consequence is to examine on the axiom that behavior is predominantly a function of the organism and its environment Change of mind which is in the form of actionable behavior often entail contravention old habits and becomes established by making new. This emerging field of interface between psychology and environmental science is presently looking for robust models that can incorporate variables from more than one of the above broad domains. They should be able to propose interactions from both the disciplines, and channelize its scope for explaining one or more types of environmentally significant behavior so as to foster sustain ability and social wellness. This scholastic work has visited the psychological aspect focusing on individual’s belief, drives, and so forth in order to understand and change the target behavior that stands detrimental to the living environment. The conceptual review has also tried to state a broad fame-work that can increase theoretical rationale of both psychology and environmental economics domain in humanities and social science.