Summary/Abstract
In this study, the authors consider the impact that awareness of the threats of climate change and other climate change impacts have on the psychological health and well-being of societies and economies.
The authors used a large sample of US youth and found that “the majority of US youth experience moderate climate distress and some functional interference from climate-related thoughts and feelings and a neutral to slightly positive sense of agency. They feel concern, interest, disappointment, frustration, sadness, anxiousness, and anger as affective responses to the crisis, and a majority report that their climate awareness may influence their plans for education, travel, and family planning.”