Expert Themes on Adolescent Climate Distress with Exemplar Quotes

Qualitative themes and quotes from 27 experts on adolescent and young adult mental health related to climate change. The dataset organizes findings from focus groups across public health, epidemiology, community organizations, and clinical practice. Sonya M. Jampel created this framework, last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the 'Knowledge Generation' theme to identify research gaps in causes and treatments of climate distress.
• Examine quotes under the 'Framing and Communication' theme to guide messaging strategies that provide realistic hope.
• Use the 'Resource Allocation' theme data to inform funding proposals and creative strategies for mental health programs.
• Apply the meta-theme of 'centering most-impacted populations' to design equitable public health interventions.
• Leverage the 'systemic change' guiding principle data for policy advocacy and cross-disciplinary program design.

Strengths

• Data derived from 27 expert participants across multiple disciplines.
• Framework organizes three primary themes and two meta-themes with supporting quotes.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Dataset is very small at 21.5 KB, containing summary themes rather than raw transcripts.
• Sample size of 27 experts may not capture all geographic or professional perspectives.
• No raw interview data or demographic columns for deeper quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

Sonya M. Jampel via figshare.

Collection Method

Iterative inductive content analysis of qualitative focus groups with experts.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated in April 2026.

Geography

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