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A social–ecological perspective on climate anxiety in children and adolescents
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“Climate-specific psychological responses include climate anxiety (worry, dread and fear evoked by awareness of climate change and its impacts) or eco-anxiety, 9-11 solastalgia (feelings of distress, loss and grief arising from environmental change affecting a person's sense of connection to place) 12 and ecological grief. 13”
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“Encouraging school-based programs to build agency and facilitating family and community support may also help foster climate change resilience in youths (Crandon et al. 2022).”
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- Authors
- Crandon, T. J., Scott, J. G., Charlson, F. J., & Thomas, H. J.
- Affiliations
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Crandon, Tara J.
- Venue
- Nature Climate Change
- Published
- 2022-01-13
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 123-131
- ISSN
- 1758-678X (ISSN-L)
- 1758-6798
- OpenAlex
- W4206205163
- Cited by
- 306
- References
- 84
- Citations by year
- 2026: 64 · 2025: 66 · 2024: 87 · 2023: 69 · 2022: 18
- FWCI
- 86.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- figshare.com
- Locations
- Nature Climate Change (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Deakin Research Online (Deakin University) (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- T.C. is supported by the Child and Youth Mental Health Research Group PhD scholarship at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.
- H.T. is supported by the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research which is funded by the Queensland Department of Health.
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Keywords
- climate anxiety, children, adolescents, socio-ecological framework, climate change vulnerability, protective factors, family influence, peer influence, school-community relations, media influence, cultural factors, youth mental health
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