Miskitu Mental Health in the Anthropocene.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In the Anthropocene, the impacts of human activities on Earth’s natural systems are increasingly undeniable. Although all humans rely upon the Earth to support their existence, industrialism, capitalism, and globalization have increasingly disenfranchised humans from their natural environment. Indigenous populations located in low-income countries contribute least to climate change but are most vulnerable to its consequential alterations of the environment. This transcendental phenomenological research explores the negative effects of climate change disproportionately affecting the Miskitu Indians of Nicaragua. Miskitu participants were recruited from two villages in the North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region and research questions focused on the intangible emotional and psychological experiences of Miskitu Indians as a result of climate change.