在气候灾难之后,青少年的精神困扰
Amy H Auchincloss1,2, Dominic A Ruggiero1, Meghan T Donnelly1
1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Preventive medicine reports
|February 26, 2024
概括
暴露于更频繁和更长时间的气候相关灾害与青少年心理困境的增加有关. 这凸显了为应对气候变化对青年心理健康的影响做好更好的准备的必要性.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 青少年心理学 青少年心理学
- 气候变化研究 气候变化研究
背景情况:
- 气候变化正在增加极端天气事件的频率和持续时间.
- 青少年心理健康是一个日益严重的公共卫生问题.
- 了解环境压力因素对青少年心理健康的影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查与气候相关灾害的回顾性暴露与青少年精神困扰之间的联系.
- 根据灾难暴露的数量和持续时间来量化心理痛苦的风险.
- 为减轻气候变化对青少年心理健康影响的公共卫生战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自美国22个城市区的38,616名高中学生的数据 (青年风险行为调查,2019).
- 将学生数据与联邦宣布的气候相关灾害 (例如风暴,洪水,野火) 联系起来.
- 采用后勤回归来分析与2年,5年和10年的灾难暴露相关的青少年精神困境 (悲伤,绝望,睡眠不足) 的几率,并对共变量进行调整.
主要成果:
- 处于灾难日最高四分之一的青少年在过去2年中经历了25%增加的精神困扰几率 (aOR 1.25) 和在过去5年中20%增加的几率 (aOR 1.20).
- 从统计学上讲,在精神困扰和长达10年的灾难暴露之间没有发现有意义的关联.
- 灾难事件的数量,而不是灾难日的总数,与精神困扰没有显著联系.
结论:
- 长时间暴露在与气候有关的灾害中,特别是在短期内,与青少年精神困扰的可能性更高有关.
- 调查结果强调需要进一步研究气候变化的多方面的不利影响.
- 加强规划和准备对于应对青少年因气候变化而面临的不断升级的心理健康挑战至关重要.
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