ecopsychology
E579370
academic discipline
interdisciplinary field
subfield of environmental studies
subfield of psychology
Ecopsychology is an interdisciplinary field that explores the psychological relationship between humans and the natural environment, emphasizing how ecological well-being and mental health are deeply interconnected.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Green Psychology | 1 |
| ecopsychology canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6267365 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ecopsychology Context triple: [Ecosophy T, influenced, ecopsychology]
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A.
Ecology, Community and Lifestyle
Ecology, Community and Lifestyle is a foundational philosophical work by Arne Næss that articulates the principles of deep ecology and explores how ecological thinking can transform human communities and ways of living.
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B.
Steps to an Ecology of Mind
Steps to an Ecology of Mind is a seminal 1972 collection of essays by anthropologist and systems theorist Gregory Bateson that explores communication, cybernetics, and the interdependence of mind and nature.
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C.
ecological economics
Ecological economics is an interdisciplinary field that integrates ecological and economic principles to study sustainability, resource use, and the limits of economic growth within Earth's environmental constraints.
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D.
Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment
"Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment" is an influential book by economist Partha Dasgupta that analyzes how economic development, environmental sustainability, and human welfare are interlinked.
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E.
Biophilia
Biophilia is an experimental multimedia album and app project by Icelandic musician Björk that fuses music, nature, and technology into an interactive artistic experience.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ecopsychology Target entity description: Ecopsychology is an interdisciplinary field that explores the psychological relationship between humans and the natural environment, emphasizing how ecological well-being and mental health are deeply interconnected.
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A.
Ecology, Community and Lifestyle
Ecology, Community and Lifestyle is a foundational philosophical work by Arne Næss that articulates the principles of deep ecology and explores how ecological thinking can transform human communities and ways of living.
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B.
Steps to an Ecology of Mind
Steps to an Ecology of Mind is a seminal 1972 collection of essays by anthropologist and systems theorist Gregory Bateson that explores communication, cybernetics, and the interdependence of mind and nature.
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C.
ecological economics
Ecological economics is an interdisciplinary field that integrates ecological and economic principles to study sustainability, resource use, and the limits of economic growth within Earth's environmental constraints.
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D.
Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment
"Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment" is an influential book by economist Partha Dasgupta that analyzes how economic development, environmental sustainability, and human welfare are interlinked.
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E.
Biophilia
Biophilia is an experimental multimedia album and app project by Icelandic musician Björk that fuses music, nature, and technology into an interactive artistic experience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic discipline
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interdisciplinary field ⓘ subfield of environmental studies ⓘ subfield of psychology ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
integrate ecological understanding into psychological theory and practice
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promote ecological sustainability through psychological insight ⓘ support mental health through connection with nature ⓘ |
| appliedIn |
community development
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counseling ⓘ education ⓘ environmental activism ⓘ organizational consulting ⓘ psychotherapy ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Allen Kanner
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Bill Plotkin ⓘ Joanna Macy ⓘ Mary Gomes ⓘ Theodore Roszak ⓘ |
| drawsFrom |
anthropology
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clinical psychology ⓘ counseling psychology ⓘ ecology ⓘ environmental studies ⓘ philosophy ⓘ spiritual and indigenous traditions ⓘ |
| emergedIn | late 20th century ⓘ |
| examines |
mental health impacts of climate change
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psychological dimensions of ecological crisis ⓘ role of culture in shaping human–nature relationships ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
emotional responses to environmental issues
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human–nature relationship ⓘ interconnection between ecological well-being and mental health ⓘ psychological benefits of contact with nature ⓘ psychological impacts of environmental degradation ⓘ psychological relationship between humans and the natural environment ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
biophilia
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ecological grief ⓘ ecological self ⓘ environmental identity ⓘ nature connectedness ⓘ place attachment ⓘ solastalgia ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
climate psychology
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conservation psychology ⓘ deep ecology ⓘ eco-therapy ⓘ environmental psychology ⓘ |
| supportsPractice |
ecotherapy
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nature-based therapy ⓘ wilderness therapy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ecopsychology Description of subject: Ecopsychology is an interdisciplinary field that explores the psychological relationship between humans and the natural environment, emphasizing how ecological well-being and mental health are deeply interconnected.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
ecosophy T
linked to: ecopsychology