Temperature Exposure and Psychiatric Symptoms in Adolescents From 2 European Birth Cohorts.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Climate change can adversely affect mental health, but the association of ambient temperature with psychiatric symptoms remains poorly understood.

Objective

To assess the association of ambient temperature exposure with internalizing, externalizing, and attention problems in adolescents from 2 population-based birth cohorts in Europe.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study analyzed data from the Dutch Generation R Study and the Spanish INMA (Infancia y Medio Ambiente) Project. Generation R recruited 9898 women during pregnancy or shortly after birth, with children born between 2002 and 2006. INMA recruited 2270 pregnant women from Gipuzkoa, Sabadell, and Valencia, Spain, with children born between 2003 and 2008. Individuals born from live singl

SUBMITTER: Essers E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11775747 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature