BMC psychiatry, 2024-02, Vol.24 (1), p.117-117, Article 117
2024
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- Titel
- The perceived impact of climate change on mental health and suicidality in Kenyan high school students
- Ist Teil von
- BMC psychiatry, 2024-02, Vol.24 (1), p.117-117, Article 117
- Ort / Verlag
- England: BioMed Central Ltd
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2024
- Quelle
- EZB Electronic Journals Library
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Climate change has psychological impacts but most of the attention has been focused on the physical impact. This study was aimed at determining the association of climate change with adolescent mental health and suicidality as reported by Kenyan high school students. This was a cross sectional study with a sample size of 2,652. The participants were high school students selected from 10 schools in 3 regions of Kenya. A questionnaire was used to assess climate change experiences, mental health problems, and suicidality of the youth. Data were analyzed descriptively and with logistic regression to determine various associations of the different variables and the predictors of the various scores of SDQ and suicidality at 95% CI. Significant differences were observed between gender and two of the threats of climate change - worry and being afraid as subjectively experienced by the participants. Females were more worried and afraid of climate change than males. On univariate and multivariate logistic regression, we found that various experiences of climate change were significantly associated with various scores of SDQ and much fewer of the experiences predicted SDQ scores. The same pattern was reflected in suicidality. Climate change appears to be associated with mental health concerns and suicidality according to Kenyan high school students' reports with gender differences in some associations.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1471-244XeISSN: 1471-244XDOI: 10.1186/s12888-024-05568-8Titel-ID: cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_bfcd76d34c1042ce948bfa078fd48f7a
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- Schlagworte
- Age, Climate change, Climatic changes, Cross-sectional studies, Education, Emotions, Environmental aspects, Gender, Health aspects, High school students, Medicin och hälsovetenskap, Mental disorders, Mental health, Post traumatic stress disorder, Prevention, Psychological aspects, Questionnaires, Risk factors, Rural schools, Secondary schools, Sex differences, Social aspects, Students, Suicidal behavior, Suicidality, Suicides & suicide attempts, Survey, Teenagers, Worry, Youth