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Climate-change worry among two cohorts of late adolescents: Exploring macro and micro worries, coping, and relations to climate engagement, pessimism, and well-being
Environmental Psychology Research Group, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9111-8781
Örebro University, School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences. (CESSS (Center for Environmental and Sustainability Social Science); LEADER)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6613-5974
2023 (English)In: Journal of Environmental Psychology, ISSN 0272-4944, E-ISSN 1522-9610, Vol. 90, article id 102093Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Few studies have explored climate change worry in an in-depth manner among adolescents. Through survey studies with two cohorts of adolescents (2010, 2019/2020) we investigated relations between different forms of climate change worry, mental well-being, and pro-environmental behavior and what role coping plays in these relationships. Results show that climate change worry was negatively associated with subjective well-being, and positively associated with climate pessimism and pro-environmental behavior. Relations were strongest between macro worry and pro-environmental behavior, and between micro worry and mental well-being. Problem-focused coping was a mediator between worry and pro-environmental behavior and between meaning-focused coping and behavior, while distancing decreased the positive relation between worry and problem-focused coping. Meaning-focused coping and optimism worked as buffers between macro and micro worry and pessimism in some, but not all, cases. Most relationships remained significant when controlling for other variables in path-models. Finally, worry was more prevalent in the 2019/2020 cohort. Our findings highlight the need to consider different forms of worry and coping in studies about climate change worry.

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Elsevier, 2023. Vol. 90, article id 102093
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Climate worry, Coping, Well-being, Pro-environmental behavior, Climate pessimism, Climate optimism, Adolescents
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-107348DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102093ISI: 001063573800001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85168350711OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-107348DiVA, id: diva2:1785615
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Swedish Research Council Formas, 2007-5417 2017-00880Available from: 2023-08-03 Created: 2023-08-03 Last updated: 2023-10-03Bibliographically approved

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