Coping with climate change: The role of climate related stressors in affecting the mental health of young people in Mexico.

ABSTRACT: Young people today are predicted to experience more climate change related stressors and harms than the previous generation, yet they are often excluded from climate research, policy, and advocacy. Increasingly, this exposure is associated with experience of common mental health disorders (CMD). The VoCes-19 study collected surveys from 168,407 young people across Mexico (ages 15-24 years) through an innovative online platform, collecting information on various characteristics including CMD and experience of recent climate harms. Logistic regression models were fit to explore characteristics associated with CMD. Structural equation models were fit to explore pathways between exposure, feeling of concern about climate change, and a sense of agency (meaning the respondent felt they could hel

SUBMITTER: Pinchoff J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10530030 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature