Content of science

How do children with neurodevelopmental disorders feel emotionally? This study reveals more depression, anxiety, and difficulties regulating emotions, especially when there are multiple diagnoses, and calls for including families as a key part of of assessment and intervention.

The perception of the climate crisis is high, but action remains limited. This study reveals how emotions, beliefs and social factors influence our response in the face of the environmental challenge.

In Spain, climate change adaptation is already underway: shifts in consumption, new household practices and growing awareness in the face of more extreme conditions. This analysis explores how we respond and which factors shape our ability to adapt.

Are we prepared for climate change? Or are we already experiencing its effects? This study reveals that most people do perceive direct impacts and feel eco-anxiety, attribute the problem to human causes, and recognise the need to change our development model. However, the concept of degrowth is still poorly understood.

Does behaving more sustainably depend on the information we have? This study demonstrates a relationship between knowledge and habits. Women, and adults without children would be the most responsible with respect to the environment.

Do adolescents enjoy urban green spaces? According to this study, only 11.6% visit them daily, and those who are more socially vulnerable visit them less. Homework and screen use are the main reasons that keep young people away from these parks.

A programme based on virtual reality to prevent sexual harassment among adolescents, using scenarios close to young people’s experiences, manages to reduce moral justifications and increase the intention to help victims.

According to this study, based on the collection of data through mobile phones, sudden mood swings, changing from positive to negative emotions or vice versa, can be clear indications of a person's level of well-being.

Despite the general reluctance to make public decisions using AI, a simulation-based experiment shows that opinion varies depending on whether the outcome of the decision coincides or not with personal preferences.

Eight out of every ten adolescents consume contents on social media every day, but their well-being is more related with their experiences on social media than their frequency of use.