Climate change-related worry among Australian adolescents: an eight-year longitudinal study.

Published in: Child and adolescent mental health (2021)

This is the first study to track climate-related worry and outcomes in young people across adolescence. A substantial number of Australian adolescents experience high or increasing worry about climate change, which is associated with greater societal engagement.

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