Understanding and Unleashing Adolescents' Eco-Friendly Behavior

Project Information

GREENTEENS

Grant agreement ID: 864137

DOI

10.3030/864137

Project closed

EC signature date 16 April 2020

Start date 1 September 2020

End date 30 June 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 999 349,00

EU contribution

€ 1 999 349,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT
Netherlands

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Publications

Other (3)

Age and recent historical time trends in young people's environmental attitudes: An individual participant data meta-analysis

Author(s): Judith van de Wetering, Stathis Grapsas, Astrid Poorthuis, Youth Environmental Attitudes Consortium, and Sander Thomaes
Published in: 2026
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18754467

Developmental Trajectories of Pro-Environmental Behavior in Adolescence: A Cross-National Longitudinal Study

Author(s): Stathis Grapsas, Andrik Becht, Lukas Baumann, Sander Thomaes
Published in: pre-print published on the PsyArXiv repository, 2026
Publisher: Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science

GREENTEENS: Unleashing Teenagers' Eco-Friendly Behavior

Author(s): Futurum Careers, Sander Thomaes
Published in: Futurum, Issue 9, 2021
Publisher: Futurum Careers
DOI: 10.33424/futurum119

Peer reviewed articles (18)

Shifting peer norms, shifting behavior? Optimizing educational interventions to promote adolescents’ sustainable dietary choices

Author(s): Judith van de Wetering, Stathis Grapsas, Astrid Poorthuis, Sander Thomaes
Published in: Journal of Environmental Psychology, Issue 109, 2026, Page(s) 102880, ISSN 0272-4944
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102880

Motive Alignment Promotes Adolescents’ Proenvironmental Behavior: A Field Experiment in Two Cultures

Author(s): Jenna Spitzer, Stathis Grapsas, Astrid M. G. Poorthuis, Fan Li, Yue Song, Sander Thomaes
Published in: Psychological Science, Issue 37, 2026, Page(s) 379-391, ISSN 0956-7976
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/09567976261440239

Child Development at the Frontlines of Climate Change: A Commentary

Author(s): Sander Thomaes
Published in: Journal of Cognition and Development, Issue 27, 2026, Page(s) 153-163, ISSN 1524-8372
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc.
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2025.2577326

Coming of age in a warming world: A self‐determination theory perspective

Author(s): Jenna Spitzer, Stathis Grapsas, Astrid M. G. Poorthuis, Maarten Vansteenkiste, Sander Thomaes
Published in: Child Development Perspectives, 2024, ISSN 1750-8592
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12534

What's in It for Them? A Developmental Science Perspective on Adolescent Climate Activism

Author(s): Judith van de Wetering, Katharine Lee
Published in: Journal of Adolescence, Issue 98, 2026, Page(s) 1895-1905, ISSN 0140-1971
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1002/jad.70187

Self-focused value profiles relate to climate change skepticism in young adolescents.

Author(s): Stathis Grapsas, Andrik Becht, Sander Thomaes
Published in: Journal of Environmental Psychology, Issue 87, 2023, ISSN 0272-4944
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.101978

Can We Tackle the Environmental Crisis With Education?

Author(s): Judith van de Wetering, Patty Leijten, Jenna Spitzer, Sander Thomaes
Published in: Frontiers for Young Minds, Issue 12, 2024, ISSN 2296-6846
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/frym.2024.1303775

Promoting adolescents' pro‐environmental behavior: A motive‐alignment approach

Author(s): Judith van de Wetering, Stathis Grapsas, Astrid Poorthuis, Sander Thomaes
Published in: Journal of Research on Adolescence, Issue 35, 2025, ISSN 1050-8392
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/jora.13044

When sustainability aligns with adolescent motives: Development and validation of the Sustainability Motive-Alignment Scale (SMAS)

Author(s): Stathis Grapsas, Judith van de Wetering, Jenna Spitzer, Astrid Poorthuis, Sander Thomaes
Published in: Applied Developmental Science, 2023, ISSN 1088-8691
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc.
DOI: 10.1080/10888691.2023.2260748

When and how behavior change can accelerate system change (and vice versa): mapping reciprocal processes for climate change mitigation

Author(s): Denise de Ridder, Sander Thomaes
Published in: Behavioural Public Policy, 2025, Page(s) 1-18, ISSN 2398-063X
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1017/bpp.2025.10007

Commentary: Should we worry about climate worry? Understanding and promoting youth resilience and pro‐environmental engagement: a commentary on Park et al. (2026)

Author(s): Stathis Grapsas, Atheer Massarwe
Published in: Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2026, ISSN 1475-357X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/camh.70091

Climate Change, Families, and Human Development: Review of the Evidence

Author(s): Jorge Cuartas, Lucero Ramírez-Varela, Jenna Spitzer, Alexis Brieant, Ayesha Ghazanfar, Jennifer E. Lansford, Ann Sanson
Published in: Journal of Cognition and Development, 2025, Page(s) 1-23, ISSN 1524-8372
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc.
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2025.2468187

Feeling anxious and being engaged in a warming world: climate anxiety and adolescents' pro‐environmental behavior

Author(s): Andrik Becht, Jenna Spitzer, Stathis Grapsas, Judith van de Wetering, Astrid Poorthuis, Anouk Smeekes, Sander Thomaes
Published in: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Issue 65, 2025, Page(s) 1270-1282, ISSN 0021-9630
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.14035

Using Motive‐Alignment to Enhance Environmental Education for Youth: A Participatory Field Experiment

Author(s): Jenna Spitzer, Stathis Grapsas, Astrid Poorthuis, Lysanne te Brinke, Sander Thomaes
Published in: Developmental Science, Issue 29, 2026, ISSN 1363-755X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/desc.70197

Green teens: Understanding and promoting adolescents’ sustainable engagement

Author(s): Sander Thomaes, Stathis Grapsas, Judith van de Wetering, Jenna Spitzer, Astrid Poorthuis
Published in: One Earth, Issue 6, 2023, ISSN 2590-3322
Publisher: Cell Press (Elsevier)
DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.02.006

Supporting youth emotionally when communicating about climate change: A self-determination theory approach

Author(s): Jenna Spitzer, Stathis Grappas, Astrid Poorthuis, Sander Thomaes
Published in: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2023, ISSN 0165-0254
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/01650254231190919

Does environmental education benefit environmental outcomes in children and adolescents? A meta-analysis

Author(s): Judith van de Wetering, Patty Leijten, Jenna Spitzer, Sander Thomaes
Published in: Journal of Environmental Psychology, Issue 81, 2022, Page(s) 101782, ISSN 0272-4944
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101782

Climate change and youth development: A view of an emerging field

Author(s): Sander Thomaes
Published in: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2025, ISSN 0165-0254
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/01650254251317141

Thesis and dissertations (1)

Frontrunners for the future

Author(s): Judith van de Wetering
Published in: 2026
Publisher: Utrecht University Library
DOI: 10.33540/2855