Table 8 Climate change and SDQ Total difficulties

I am worried that climate change threatens people and the planet

Not worried

597 (25.9%)

509 (27.8%)^a

54 (19.6%)^b

34 (16.9%)^b

< 0.001

Ref

Ref

A little

518 (22.5%)

422 (23.1%)^a

59 (21.4%)^a

37 (18.4%)^a

1.28 (0.96–1.72)

0.091

1.21 (0.89–1.65)

0.219

Moderately

374 (16.2%)

295 (16.1%)^a

45 (16.3%)^a

34 (16.9%)^a

1.49 (1.10–2.02)

0.010

1.22 (0.87–1.72)

0.245

Very worried

417 (18.1%)

310 (16.9%)^a

61 (22.1%)^a

46 (22.9%)^b

1.86 (1.41–2.48)

 < 0.001

1.51 (1.09–2.11)

0.014

Extremely worried

300 (13.0%)

214 (11.7%)^a

46 (16.7%)^b

40 (19.9%)^b

2.13 (1.58–2.87)

 < 0.001

1.74 (1.23–2.46)

0.002

Prefer not to say

100 (4.3%)

79 (4.3%)^a

11 (4.0%)^a

10 (5.0%)^a

1.49 (0.90–2.35)

0.100

1.26 (0.74–2.06)

0.370

Does climate change make you feel Anxious

Yes

810 (35.2%)

609 (33.3%)^a

112 (41.8%)^b

89 (43.8%)^b

< 0.001

1.49 (1.23–1.80)

 < 0.001

1.10 (0.87–1.39)

0.420

No

1,305 (56.7%)

1,077 (58.9%)^a

141 (52.6%)^a

87 (42.9%)^b

Ref

Ref

Prefer not to say

185 (8.0%)

143 (7.8%)^a

15 (5.6%)^a

27 (13.3%)^b

1.38 (0.98–1.90)

0.053

0.75 (0.48–1.15)

0.203

Does climate change make you feel Angry

Yes

576 (25.5%)

416 (23.2%)^a

96 (35.4%)^b

64 (32.7%)^b

< 0.001

1.74 (1.43–2.12)

 < 0.001

1.29 (1.01–1.65)

0.040

No

1,530 (67.6%)

1,270 (70.7%)^a

153 (56.5%)^b

107 (54.6%)^b

Ref

Ref

Prefer not to say

157 (6.9%)

110 (6.1%)^a

22 (8.1%)^a,b

25 (12.8%)^b

1.94 (1.41–2.63)

 < 0.001

1.33 (0.83–2.09)

0.234

Does climate change make you feel Afraid

Yes

834 (36.6%)

647 (35.8%)^a

106 (39.3%)^a

81 (40.5%)^a

< 0.001

1.28 (1.06–1.56)

0.012

0.90 (0.70–1.14)

0.377

No

1,263 (55.4%)

1,036 (57.3%)^a

134 (49.6%)^b

93 (46.5%)^b

Ref

Ref

Prefer not to say

182 (8.0%)

126 (7.0%)^a

30 (11.1%)^b

26 (13.0%)^b

1.87 (1.38–2.48)

 < 0.001

1.15 (0.73–1.76)

0.530

Does climate change make you feel Powerless

Yes

499 (22.1%)

367 (20.5%)^a

84 (31.1%)^b

48 (24.2%)^a,b

< 0.001

1.64 (1.33–2.02)

 < 0.001

1.24 (0.95–1.61)

0.114

No

1,506 (66.6%)

1,251 (69.7%)^a

149 (55.2%)^b

106 (53.5%)^b

Ref

Ref

Prefer not to say

257 (11.4%)

176 (9.8%)^a

37 (13.7%)^b

44 (22.2%)^c

2.08 (1.61–2.66)

 < 0.001

1.68 (1.17–2.36)

0.004