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Climate concern worsens mental health one year later

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Climate concern was linked with a small rise in mental distress after one year, in a NZ study of adults (aged 18 to 98). Younger people didn’t show any more distress than other age-groups, but they did have slightly higher levels of climate concern on average. The study’s authors say that while the impact of climate worry on mental distress was small, it persisted a full year afterwards, and the decrease in wellbeing wasn’t linked to other day-to-day stress.

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conference: Journal of Environmental Psychology
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Organisation/s: Victoria University of Wellington, University of Waikato, University of Auckland
Funder: The New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study is supported by a grant from the Templeton Religion Trust (TRT0196).
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