Addressing youths’ climate change-related distress: a qualitative study on the experience of burden, triggering and protective factors
Overall, this study enhances our understanding of young individuals' emergence and daily life experience of CCD. The findings suggest that a prolonged or overly extensive occurrence may result in mental health difficulties. Moreover, the results highlight the importance of strengthening factors associated with resilience at a young age, enabling individuals to cope with CCD. The findings have implications for the development of potential intervention components and suggest imparting conceptual knowledge and adaptive regulatory strategies, supporting habit formation and providing networking opportunities with others affected by CCD.
Authors
- Tim Schmidt
- Ulrich Reininghaus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9227-5436)
- Stefan Scheydt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8256-7718)
- Leonie Fleck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3970-4887)
- Evaldas Kazlauskas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6654-6220)
- Wietse A. Tol (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2216-0526)
- Frederike Schirmbeck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1700-0958)
- Henrik Wasmus
Institutions
- Bern University of Applied Sciences (CH)
- Vilnius University (LT)
- Vilnius University of Applied Sciences (LT)
- University College Copenhagen (DK)
- Central Institute of Mental Health (DE)
- Capital Region of Denmark (DK)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Mental Health
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2025-301549
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82
Funders
- European Commission