Psychological impacts of climate change on US youth

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 122(16)

Опубликована: Апрель 17, 2025

Awareness of the threats climate change is causing distress in increasingly documented ways, with youth particularly affected. Experiences such as and eco-anxiety have implications for health well-being societies economies, including individuals’ mental future planning, well their agency beliefs. Here, we show a large sample US (n = 2,834, ages 16 to 24) that majority experience moderate some functional interference from climate-related thoughts feelings neutral slightly positive sense agency. They feel concern, interest, disappointment, frustration, sadness, anxiousness, anger affective responses crisis, report awareness may influence plans education, travel, family planning. The key takeaway this study psychological impacts can either impairing or strengthening effects, especially face increased perceived direct exposure. Results self-reported events associated eco-anxiety, distress, impact on but also fortifying adaptation These findings highlight need systems communities prepare address related concerns exposure hazards increases, ways strengthen healthy coping act. populations, behaviors, life choices young people experiencing these threats.

Язык: Английский

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Intergenerational transmission of environmental knowledge predicts green purchase intention among Filipino adolescents: is role modelling important?

The Educational and Developmental Psychologist, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 15

Опубликована: Дек. 15, 2024

Objective The environmental crisis driven by deforestation, biodiversity destruction, marine degradation, and climate change is a global problem that can be addressed through sustainable living over generations. Drawing from Social Cognitive Theory, this study investigated the intergenerational transmission (from parents to their adolescent children) of knowledge its relationship with green purchase intention among adolescents in Philippines. also moderating effect role modelling on knowledge.

Язык: Английский

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Climate anxiety mediates environmental concern and climate action among Filipino youth: does mitigation response efficacy belief matter?

Current Psychology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Дек. 17, 2024

Язык: Английский

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