What question did this study set out to answer?

To investigate the psychological impact of climate change and COVID-19 on young people living in Indian slums.

February 28, 2026Geopsychiatry0 citationsOpen Access

A cross-sectional survey of climate and COVID-19 crises in young people (16-24 years) in Indian slums: psychological impact, resilience and wellbeing

MDMercian Daniel SYSandhya Kanaka Yatirajula PMPallab Kumar Maulik

Key Points

To investigate the psychological impact of climate change and COVID-19 on young people living in Indian slums.
Cross-sectional survey design
Sample of young people aged 16-24 years in slums
Assessment of psychological impact and resilience
Comparison between climate change and COVID-19 effects
Climate change had a moderate negative impact on wellbeing, greater than that of COVID-19
Young people exhibited resilience despite facing dual stressors
Positive outcomes were reported alongside challenges

Abstract

• First study on climate and COVID-19’s impact on slum young people in India and LMIC • Climate and COVID-19 affected young peoples’ wellbeing in negative and positive ways • Climate change moderately impacted lives somewhat more than COVID-19 • Despite dual stressors young people showed resilience and positive outcomes

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