ArticleChild and adolescent psychiatry and mental health2025
Climate change hopefulness, anxiety, and behavioral intentions among adolescents: randomized controlled trial of a brief "selfie" video intervention.
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- The Use of Waivers of Guardian Permission in the United States for Pediatric Digital Health Intervention Research Since 2020: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Hope and Fear: A Survey of Eco-Emotions and Climate Anxiety, Activism, and Well-Being Among Older Adolescents in Northern California.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Strategies and interventions to reduce children's vulnerability to climate change: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Climate change anxiety, hope, and pro-environmental behavioral intention during pregnancy: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Weathering the storm: youth vulnerability and resilience during the climate crisis.npj climate action · 2025Article
- An Adolescent-Caregiver Dyad Approach to Climate Anxiety in the Pediatric Emergency Department.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
aimWe tested the utility of showing "selfie" videos to increase adolescents' climate change hope, agency, and behavioral intentions, and to decrease their climate anxiety.
methodsWe conducted a randomized controlled trial among healthy volunteers, ages 14 to 18, enrolled through a crowdsourcing platform. We randomly assigned participants (N = 1039) to view one of three 110-s-long video interventions featuring the same adolescent protagonist: positive (depicting an action-oriented stance); negative (defeatist stance); and control (neutral stance and unrelated content). The primary outcome was climate change hope; secondary outcomes were climate change anxiety, behavioral intention scales, and 100-point sliders about hopefulness and agency.
resultsViewing positive "selfie" videos proved effective among adolescents in increasing hopefulness and a sense of agency regarding climate change (< 0.001), but not in decreasing climate anxiety or increasing intentions to engage in pro-environmental behaviors.
conclusionBrief video-based interventions featuring adolescent protagonists showed potential to increase hope and agency regarding climate change. While this single exposure did not directly affect anxiety levels or behavioral intentions, future research should examine whether repeated exposure and different "doses" of such interventions might influence these outcomes. The ubiquity and reach of social media hold promise to scale these inexpensive and specifically tailored interventions.
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