Understanding youths' concerns about climate change: a binational qualitative study of ecological burden and resilience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Climate change has been shown to have long-term effects on mental health, yet, to date, there have been few studies on how children and adolescents experience and respond to ecological changes and how and why they engage in climate action. We explored empirically young people's views about climate change and how distinct cultural contexts influence individual climate action.

Methods

We invited children and adolescents (ages 7 to 18) and their caregivers from the general population in the United States and France to participate in semi-structured focus groups. We recruited 74 participants, 39 in the U.S. (33 children and adolescents, 6 parents) and 35 in France (32 children and adolescents, 3 parents). Focus groups with participants centered on their emotions, beli

SUBMITTER: Thomas I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9805369 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature