Few studies have explored climate change worry in an in-depth manner among adolescents.

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps

• Textbooks of doubt, tested: the effect of a denialist framing on adolescents’ certainty about climate change (2021) · doi

  To address this gap in the literature, this article reports on a survey-based experiment testing two framings of uncertainty about the causes and effects of climate change—one with a high level of uncertainty and one with a low level of uncertainty—on students’ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours related to climate change.

  Keywords: uncertainty climate change level address literature article reports survey based experiment testing framings causes effects
• Assessing students’ perceptions of school climate in primary schools (2024) · doi

  To overcome this gap in the literature, this article describes the development and validation of a school climate survey designed to assess primary school students’ perceptions of school climate.

  Keywords: school climate overcome literature article describes development validation survey designed assess primary students perceptions
• After the forum I realized there is more I can do: communicating climate change to youth using public deliberation (2022) · doi

  Engaging youth will be critical for addressing these deficiencies, but limited research exists about young people’s knowledge and hope about climate change.

  Keywords: engaging youth critical addressing deficiencies limited exists young people knowledge hope climate change
• Climate-change worry among two cohorts of late adolescents: Exploring macro and micro worries, coping, and relations to climate engagement, pessimism, and well-being (2023) · doi

  Few studies have explored climate change worry in an in-depth manner among adolescents.

  Keywords: explored climate change worry depth manner among adolescents