maternal ecodistress

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Reproductive psychologist Aurélie Athan, who is best known for her work studying matrescence — which names the major life transition that is becoming a mother — has together with ecotherapist Allison C. Davis coined the term “maternal ecodistress” to describe how parenthood can intensify environmental concerns and prompt a shift from an anthropocentric to an ecocentric worldview.

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