Table 4 Climate change and SDQ Conduct problems

I am worried that climate change threatens people and the planet

Not worried

599 (25.9%)

446 (27.8%)^a

80 (23.3%)^a,b

73 (20.2%)^b

< 0.001

Ref

Ref

A little

520 (22.5%)

383 (23.9%)^a

71 (20.7%)^a,b

66 (18.2%)^b

1.04 (0.82–1.31)

0.757

0.99 (0.78–1.27)

0.954

Moderately

375 (16.2%)

259 (16.1%)^a

50 (14.6%)^a

66 (18.2%)^a

1.27 (1.00–1.62)

0.050

1.15 (0.88–1.50)

0.305

Very worried

416 (18.0%)

263 (16.4%)^a

69 (20.1%)^a,b

84 (23.2%)^b

1.57 (1.25–1.97)

< 0.001

1.41 (1.09–1.84)

0.010

Extremely worried

300 (13.0%)

187 (11.7%)^a

51 (14.9%)^a,b

62 (17.1%)^b

1.62 (1.27–2.06)

< 0.001

1.53 (1.15–2.02)

0.003

Prefer not to say

100 (4.3%)

67 (4.2%)^a,b

22 (6.4%)^b

11 (3.0%)^a

1.31 (0.89–1.89)

0.154

1.20 (0.79–1.77)

0.381

Does climate change make you feel Anxious

Yes

810 (35.2%)

536 (33.4%)^a

128 (38.0%)^a,b

146 (40.3%)^b

0.004

1.30 (1.11–1.52)

0.001

1.12 (0.92–1.36)

0.263

No

1,307 (56.8%)

950 (59.3%)^a

179 (53.1%)^b

178 (49.2%)^b

Ref

Ref

Prefer not to say

185 (8.0%)

117 (7.3%)^a

30 (8.9%)^a,b

38 (10.5%)^b

1.45 (1.11–1.87)

0.005

1.38 (0.98–1.93)

0.060

Does climate change make you feel Angry

Yes

576 (25.4%)

365 (23.2%)^a

98 (29.3%)^b

113 (31.9%)^b

< 0.001

1.42 (1.20–1.67)

< 0.001

1.18 (0.96–1.45)

0.117

No

1,531 (67.6%)

1,108 (70.3%)^a

216 (64.5%)^b

207 (58.5%)^b

Ref

Ref

Prefer not to say

157 (6.9%)

102 (6.5%)^a

21 (6.3%)^a,b

34 (9.6%)^b

1.37 (1.02–1.79)

0.030

0.93 (0.61–1.40)

0.729

Does climate change make you feel Afraid

Yes

835 (36.6%)

567 (35.8%)^a

123 (36.7%)^a

145 (39.9%)^a

0.059

1.15 (0.98–1.35)

0.077

0.92 (0.76–1.13)

0.431

No

1,265 (55.4%)

902 (56.9%)^a

184 (54.9%)^a,b

179 (49.3%)^b

Ref

Ref

Prefer not to say

182 (8.0%)

115 (7.3%)^a

28 (8.4%)^a,b

39 (10.7%)^b

1.38 (1.05–1.78)

0.016

1.08 (0.74–1.56)

0.678

Does climate change make you feel Powerless

Yes

499 (22.1%)

324 (20.6%)^a

81 (24.3%)^a,b

94 (26.3%)^b

0.001

1.32 (1.10–1.57)

0.002

1.01 (0.80–1.26)

0.952

No

1,507 (66.6%)

1,084 (69.0%)^a

216 (64.7%)^a,b

207 (58.0%)^b

Ref

Ref

Prefer not to say

257 (11.4%)

164 (10.4%)^a

37 (11.1%)^a,b

56 (15.7%)^b

1.39 (1.11–1.73)

0.004

1.13 (0.82–1.52)

0.447