Climate
change,
“mired
in
controversy”
for
decades,
has
become
a
topic
of
enormous
import
to
psychological
science.
This
study
was
undertaken
mid-late
2020
examine
relationships
between
generalized,
negative
cognitions
and
affective
states
one
might
experience
relation
interacting
with
the
idea
climate
individual
differences
experiences
personality.
Two-hundred
fifteen
individuals
completed
an
online
survey
which
they
responded
several
difference
change
measures.
Results
further
some
known
linkages
political
affiliation
pro-environmental
beliefs,
deepen
understanding
construct
weather
salience,
refine
existing
measure
New
Ecological
Paradigm,
provide
promising
anxiety
dread.
medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Март 24, 2024
Abstract
Background
The
climate
crisis
has
a
wide
range
of
direct
and
indirect
mental
health
impacts
on
populations.
However,
their
quantification
is
limited
by
the
lack
unified
definitions
assessment
tools.
aim
this
systematic
review
to
map
all
psychometric
instruments
used
measure
emotions
associated
with
crisis,
evaluate
characteristics,
identify
any
existing
gaps.
Methods
protocol
was
registered
PROSPERO.
Data
were
reported
following
COSMIN
Risk
Bias
PROM
PRISMA
checklists.
Original
articles
describing
properties
and/or
validation
self-report
measures
designed
assess
eco-anxiety
other
change-related
in
general
population
within
scope
review.
PubMed,
PsycINFO,
Web
Science
search
engines
used.
Findings
A
total
10
different
scales
measuring
various
eco-emotions
identified.
Four
focused
anxiety,
while
remaining
six
combinations
negative
emotions.
not
consistent
across
papers.
Most
developed
Global
North.
Six
multidimensional.
All
but
one
scale
included
at
least
item
indicating
behavioural,
cognitive,
or
physical
aspects
toward
crises.
most
recurrent
emotion
worry,
followed
fear,
sadness.
Including
ten
development
studies,
22
studies
reporting
instrument
reviewed.
Two
have
been
validated
Interpretation
To
what
extent
covered
may
overlap
relation
change
is,
date,
clear.
This
due
climate-related
Moreover,
mention
derived
top-down
approach,
studies.
No
positive
emotions,
such
as
hopefulness,
humor,
anticipated
pride,
gratitude,
optimism,
feeling
strong
do
something
though
own
contributions,
detected.
The
mental
health
impact
of
the
environmental
crisis,
particularly
eco-anxiety,
is
a
growing
research
topic
whose
measurement
still
lacks
consensus.
In
this
article,
we
use
item
response
theory
(IRT)
to
better
un-derstand
what
existing
questionnaires
measure.
To
conduct
review,
used
open-access
data
from
short
French
version
Climate
Change
Anxiety
Questionnaire
(Mouguiama-Daouda
et
al.
2022,
Heeren
al.,
2023).
Our
results
suggest
that,
different
models
tested,
unidimensional
model
seems
be
most
appropriate
for
measuring
eco-anxiety.
difficulty
parameter
extracted
IRT
enabled
us
discuss
level
severity
items
making
up
tool.
more
severe
moderately
Ave-nues
improving
questionnaire
and
eco-anxiety
in
general
are
then
discussed.
Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
53(2), С. 59 - 71
Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2024
Zusammenfassung:
Theoretischer
Hintergrund:
Der
Klimawandel
beeinflusst
die
mentale
Gesundheit,
auch
durch
Klimaangst.
Ob
Klimaangst
eine
adaptive
Reaktion
auf
Klimakriese
darstellt,
wird
gegenwärtig
diskutiert.
Fragestellung:
Die
vorliegende
Studie
untersucht
Zusammenhänge
zwischen
und
Depressivität/Ängstlichkeit.
Ferner
überprüft,
ob
ein
mittleres
Ausmaß
an
umweltbezogene
Verhaltensweisen
fördert
extreme
Ausprägungen
solches
Verhalten
verringern.
Methode:
N
=
415
Personen
wurden
über
einen
Onlinefragebogen
zu
Klimaangst,
Depressivität/Ängstlichkeit,
klimabezogenem
sowie
Klimawandel-Wissen
Selbstwirksamkeit
befragt.
Ergebnisse:
Es
besteht
signifikante
positive
Korrelation
wurde
keine
Evidenz
für
umgekehrt
u-förmigen
Zusammenhang
gefunden.
In
einer
multiplen
Regression
erwies
sich
als
stärkster
Prädiktor
klimabezogenes
Verhalten.
Schlussfolgerung:
zeigt
mögliche
Verbindung
von
Depressivität/Ängstlichkeit
mit
Deren
Adaptivität
allerdings
im
Fördern
umweltfreundlichen
Verhaltens.
Differenzierung
dysfunktionaler
Ängstlichkeit
adaptiver
ist
komplex.
Zukünftig
sind
klare
Definitionen
Längsschnittstudien
nötig.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
21(9), С. 1158 - 1158
Опубликована: Авг. 30, 2024
The
mental
health
impact
of
the
environmental
crisis,
particularly
eco-anxiety,
is
a
growing
research
topic
whose
measurement
still
lacks
consensus.
This
study
aims
to
use
item
response
theory
(IRT)
gain
deeper
understanding
constructs
measured
by
existing
questionnaires.
To
conduct
this
review,
we
applied
graded
model
with
help
MIRT
package
in
R
on
open-access
data
from
short
French
version
Climate
Change
Anxiety
Questionnaire,
which
measures
cognitive-emotional
impairment
and
functional
impairment.
models
tested
are
one,
two,
three-factor
models,
bifactor
model.
After
selection,
psychometric
properties
selected
were
tested.
Our
results
suggest
that
unidimensional
seems
be
most
appropriate
for
measuring
eco-anxiety.
difficulty
parameter
extracted
IRT
enabled
us
discuss
severity
levels
items
comprising
tool.
Questionnaire
appears
more
moderate
severe
Avenues
improving
questionnaire
eco-anxiety
general
then
discussed.
Climate
change,
“mired
in
controversy”
for
decades,
has
become
a
topic
of
enormous
import
to
psychological
science.
This
study
was
undertaken
mid-late
2020
examine
relationships
between
generalized,
negative
cognitions
and
affective
states
one
might
experience
relation
interacting
with
the
idea
climate
individual
differences
experiences
personality.
Two-hundred
fifteen
individuals
completed
an
online
survey
which
they
responded
several
difference
change
measures.
Results
further
some
known
linkages
political
affiliation
pro-environmental
beliefs,
deepen
understanding
construct
weather
salience,
refine
existing
measure
New
Ecological
Paradigm,
provide
promising
anxiety
dread.
