APS

2024 APS Annual Convention · 2024

Gen Z Vs. Climate Change: Increased Sustainability Causes Eco-Anxiety

San Francisco, CA · May 2024

Poster · Social

  • Susanna Denny
    Sacred Heart Academy High School
  • Stephen Sullivan
    Sacred Heart Academy

Abstract

This study explored adolescents' perspectives and understandings of climate change, and how this background knowledge shapes their inclination to engage in sustainable behaviors. Both quantitative and qualitative measures were employed. It examined causes of eco-anxiety in high school students, including environmental sustainability. Other causal factors remain to be identified.

Climate Change

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