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Climate awareness, anxiety, and actions among youth: a qualitative study in a middle-income country
Chou D, Neto E, Thomas I, Martin A, Benoit L. Climate awareness, anxiety, and actions among youth: a qualitative study in a middle-income country. Brazilian Journal Of Psychiatry 2023, 45: 258-267. PMID: 37015325, PMCID: PMC10288477, DOI: 10.47626/1516-4446-2022-2890.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTemporal perceptionSelf-care strategiesDevelopmental levelDifferent socioeconomic contextsQualitative studyInterpretative Phenomenological Analysis frameworkMental healthCollective levelYoung childrenDistinctive perceptionsRole modelsBrazilian childrenYoung peoplePerceptionEffective communicationChildrenFocus groups
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Understanding youths’ concerns about climate change: a binational qualitative study of ecological burden and resilience
Thomas I, Martin A, Wicker A, Benoit L. Understanding youths’ concerns about climate change: a binational qualitative study of ecological burden and resilience. Child And Adolescent Psychiatry And Mental Health 2022, 16: 110. PMID: 36587220, PMCID: PMC9805369, DOI: 10.1186/s13034-022-00551-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFrench participantsU.S. participantsAge-appropriate explanationsIndividual climate actionSignificant anxiety symptomsSymbolic interactionist approachProsocial behaviorYoung peopleSpectrum of experiencesAnxiety symptomsAdolescents' experiencesSemi-structured focus groupsMore conflictInteractionist approachYounger participantsMental healthIndividual actionsFocus groupsYoung people's viewsYouth concernsParticipantsAdolescentsPeople's viewsFocus group dataChildrenA Guide to Eco-Anxiety: How to Protect the Planet and Your Mental Health; What We Think About When We Try Not to Think About Global Warming: Toward a New Psychology of Climate Action Anouchka Grose A Guide to Eco-Anxiety: How to Protect the Planet and Your Mental Health. 2020 Watkins Media Limited London Per Espen Stoknes What We Think About When We Try Not to Think About Global Warming: Toward a New Psychology of Climate Action (Illustrated edition) 2015 Chelsea Green Publishing White River Junction, VT
Thomas I, Benoit L. A Guide to Eco-Anxiety: How to Protect the Planet and Your Mental Health; What We Think About When We Try Not to Think About Global Warming: Toward a New Psychology of Climate Action Anouchka Grose A Guide to Eco-Anxiety: How to Protect the Planet and Your Mental Health. 2020 Watkins Media Limited London Per Espen Stoknes What We Think About When We Try Not to Think About Global Warming: Toward a New Psychology of Climate Action (Illustrated edition) 2015 Chelsea Green Publishing White River Junction, VT. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2022, 61: 342-345. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2021.11.025.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters