Adolescent psychological health, temporal discounting, and climate distress under increased flood exposure in Bangladesh: a mixed-methods cross-sectional study.

Background: Chronic exposure to climate stress disproportionately affects low-income households; however, the psychological health and climate distress levels of climate-vulnerable adolescents in low-resource settings has rarely been explored. We investigated the association between increased flood exposure and adolescent psychological health, climate distress, and temporal discounting (long-term planning capacity).

Methods: In this cross-sectional, mixed-methods study, we administered surveys to assess symptoms of anxiety and depression, temporal discounting, and climate distress.