Air pollution and adolescent development: Evidence from a 3-year longitudinal study in China

Na NI; Xinli CHI; Wei LIU; Xiumin CUI

doi:10.3390/children8110987

Air pollution and adolescent development: Evidence from a 3-year longitudinal study in China

Na NI^*, Xinli CHI, Wei LIU, Xiumin CUI

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the impact of air pollution on the development of adolescents and the mediating role of students’ emotional disorders. Participants came from a longitudinal sample group of adolescents (n = 1301) in Southern China from the years 2016 to 2018. They were assessed for the Positive Youth Development and emotional disorders, and air pollution was measured by the Air Quality Index. The results show that students’ higher degree of exposure to air pollution was negatively associated with their positive development. Three out of four emotional disorders (i.e., anxiety, neuroticism, and withdrawal) mediate this association. The results suggest that the physical environment can have a paramount influence on the emotional status and overall development of adolescents, calling for intervention programs by policymakers.

Original language	English
Article number	987
Number of pages	12
Journal	Children
Volume	8
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/children8110987
Publication status	Published - Nov 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Funding: This research was funded by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (#71602121), the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (#2021A1515011330), and the Young Scholar Grant of Shenzhen University (#000002110554).

Keywords

Adolescent development
Air quality
China
Descriptive survey study
Emotional disorders

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