Table 3 Comparison of psychotherapists with and without experience with patients expressing climate change-related thoughts and feelings in therapy
Variables | Groups (with experience / without experience) | Test statistics | |
|---|---|---|---|
Socio-demographic data | |||
Gender, % (n) | female | 80.4 (328) / 64.4 (105) | χ2(2) = 16.22, p < 0.001*** |
male | 18.6 (76) / 33.7 (55) | ||
Age, M (SD) | 48.9 (12.2) / 47.6 (13.0) | t (569) = 1.14, p = 0.256 | |
Engagement-related variables | |||
Climate friendly everyday behavior, M (SD) | 3.0 (0.6) / 2.7 (0.8) | z = -4.56, p < 0.001*** | |
Engagement in advocacy groups, % (n) | yes | 20.2 (83) / 9.8 (16) | χ2 (1) = 8.98, p = 0.003** |
no | 78.8 (323) / 90.2 (147) | ||
Work-related variables | |||
Therapeutic approach (multiple answers possible), % (n) | CBT | 56.1 (230) / 57.7 (94) | χ2 (1) = 0.15, p = 0.709 |
DP | 41.5 (170) / 38.7 (63) | χ2 (1) = 0.34, p = 0.558 | |
PA | 16.8 (69) / 14.1 (23) | χ2 (1) = 0.61, p = 0.434 | |
ST | 3.7 (15) / 2.5 [4] | χ2 (1) = 0.52, p = 0.472‡ | |
Weekly therapy session (in the last 12 month), M (SD) | 19.7 (8.4) / 17.7 (9.7) | t (264.43) = 2.33, p = 0.020*§ | |