Impact of climate on mental health among university students: a population-based study across 43 cities in China
Tingzhong Yang, Ruoxiang Cao, Sihui Peng · 2026
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Yang and co-authors linked city climate records to mental health screening in a huge survey of Chinese university students. Their 2026 population study sampled 11,954 students across 43 cities and modeled temperature, humidity, and sunny days together against probable mental disorder on a standard screening questionnaire.
Moderate climates looked protective: students in cities averaging 10 to 14.9 degrees Celsius had odds of probable disorder at 0.69 times those in cold cities below 10 degrees, while hot cities at 15 degrees or more showed no difference at 1.03 in the same model. Sunshine helped independently, with 170 or more sunny days a year also carrying an odds ratio of 0.69 against cities under 130 sunny days. Both relationships bent rather than running straight, the tests confirmed.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Tingzhong Yang, Ruoxiang Cao, Sihui Peng |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 54 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |