Climate anxiety, environmental attitude, and job engagement among nursing university colleagues: a multicenter descriptive study

BMC Nursing, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 23(1)

Опубликована: Фев. 20, 2024

Abstract Background Climate change, a pervasive global phenomenon, exerts discernible impacts on the physical, social, and psychological dimensions of well-being. The apprehension surrounding this complex environmental issue has reached critical juncture, with over 76,000 individuals across more than thirty nations expressing profound levels concern, characterizing their anxiety as either "very" or "extremely" pronounced. This surge in awareness regarding potential consequences climate change given rise to an emergent escalating challenge known anxiety. distinctive form manifests through feelings fear, helplessness, despair elicited by impending repercussions change. Notably, intersection occupational domains, particularly within context Nursing University Colleagues, suggests nuanced relationship job engagement, wherein responses may influence professional commitment involvement. Aim study To examine correlation among Anxiety, Environmental Attitude, Job Engagement Colleagues comprising eight distinct nursing faculties. Design A multicenter descriptive, cross-sectional research design followed. Subject Three hundred fifty-nine participants from Centre, Delta, West, Suez Canal, Upper regions Egypt using stratified random cluster sampling technique. Measurements Social health related data structured questionnaire, scale, attitude inventory, engagement scale. Results demographics anxiety, attitude, involvement was not observed. Nevertheless, geographical variations emerged noteworthy factor. statistically significant inverse identified between dimensions, overall score attitudes. Conclusion strongly associated attitudes university colleagues. Higher is lower towards environment decreased engagement. Additionally, higher participants’ jobs. Implications study's patterns make it clear how important provide targeted psycho-educational interventions help reduce group imperative lies only alleviating immediate distress heightened but also fostering adaptive coping mechanisms. By doing so, these serve instrumental tools nurturing resilience, thereby fortifying mental well-being professionals amidst evolving landscape climate-related concerns.

Язык: Английский

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Synthesising psychometric evidence for the Climate Anxiety Scale and Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale

Journal of Environmental Psychology, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 88, С. 102003 - 102003

Опубликована: Март 30, 2023

Язык: Английский

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The relationship between climate change anxiety and pro-environmental behavior in adolescents: the mediating role of future self-continuity and the moderating role of green self-efficacy

BMC Psychology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 12(1)

Опубликована: Апрель 27, 2024

Abstract Background Climate change is seriously affecting human survival and development, the anxiety caused by it becoming increasingly prominent. How to alleviate people’s climate anxiety, improve ecological environment, promote formation of green lifestyles among people, especially young an important topic that deserves be explored. This study examined relationship between pro-environmental behaviors underlying psychological mechanism in adolescents. Methods explored crucial role future self-continuity (FSC) (CCA) (PEB) adolescents moderating self-efficacy (GSE). In this study, a total 1,851 middle high school students from five schools were selected for questionnaire survey. Results The results showed (1) both grades, there was significant negative correlation behaviors; significantly positively correlated with negatively (2) predicted behaviors, compared grade adolescents’ behaviors. Future mediated grades. (3) moderated second half pathway mediation model only Specifically school, did not predict at low level, but level. either or Conclusion suggests different mediating effects various great significance alleviating cultivating their

Язык: Английский

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The influence of environmental crisis perception and trait anxiety on the level of eco-worry and climate anxiety

Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 101, С. 102799 - 102799

Опубликована: Дек. 5, 2023

Eco-anxiety, which refers to the anxiety experienced in response worsening environmental conditions, is a growing global phenomenon. Climate change anxiety, due escalating impact of ongoing climate change, stands out as most commonly recognized form eco-anxiety. Nevertheless, numerous uncertainties persist regarding relationship this eco-anxiety pro-environmental behaviors, well its connection with trait and perception crisis. In study, we conducted an analysis sample size 431 participants elucidate respective implications these factors, delving into different facets response: worry anxiety-related impairments. We measured eco-worry using brief 5-item scale assessed impairments Change Anxiety Scale (CCAS). Our findings reveal that acts mediator between crisis manifestation Furthermore, plays constructive role relation commitment no additional contribution from reaction involving summary, our underscore existence distinct constructs within issues, each contributing factors.

Язык: Английский

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The relationship between climate change anxiety and psychotic experiences is mediated by death anxiety

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 70(3), С. 574 - 581

Опубликована: Янв. 26, 2024

As climate change persists, accelerates, and intensifies, since mitigating factors are absent, mental health impacts expected to follow the same patterns. Therefore, it appears of utmost importance deepen broaden knowledge understanding how through which mechanisms anxiety (CCA) may interplay with outcomes. Based on stress-vulnerability model psychosis, present study proposed examine relationship between CCA psychotic experiences (PEs), test theoretically-driven hypothesis that death acts as a mediator in this relationship.

Язык: Английский

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Eco-consciousness to eco-consumption: unraveling the drivers of sustainable consumption behavior under the mediated-moderated Model

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 31(24), С. 35018 - 35037

Опубликована: Май 8, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Eco-anxiety and climate-anxiety linked to indirect exposure: A scoping review of empirical research

Journal of Environmental Psychology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 96, С. 102326 - 102326

Опубликована: Май 17, 2024

Psychological responses to knowledge about the risks of climate change and other global environmental problems (referred as anxiety or eco-anxiety) are distinct from psychological impacts direct exposure increased physical vulnerability phenomena. Previous scoping reviews have either focused on both indirect together a particular target population. We conducted review literature identify body published studies in this area, which methodologies informing field, what populations being studied, well interventions developed. searched four databases (Web Science, PsycInfo, MEDLINE, Engineering village) grey for English language between 2000-August 2023, identified 90 articles meeting our search criteria. The majority (80%) were since 2020, primarily Europe, North America, Australasia. More than half quantitative most these development measurement tools (12 types). Climate Change Anxiety Scale Hogg Eco-anxiety scale measures with validation studies. Risk factors repeatedly examined age, gender, ethnicity, anxiety, depression, pro-environmental behaviours. Qualitative (n=13) mixed methods (n=7) less common such activists, scientists, children parents, young adults, self-identifying climate-sensitive individuals. Intervention varied nature, predominantly group-based evaluated qualitatively single armed studies, only one study using comparison group. is rapidly expanding research topic there increasing outside WEIRD nations. progress made developing validated relatively new phenomenon could be complemented by more qualitative approaches. Interventions implemented, but its infancy. There an urgency not learn how respond those debilitating distress also understand harness emotional towards positive action related concerns.

Язык: Английский

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Anxiety in response to the climate and environmental crises: validation of the Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale in Germany

Frontiers in Psychology, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 14

Опубликована: Сен. 21, 2023

As the climate and environmental crises unfold, eco-anxiety, defined as anxiety about crises' devastating consequences for life on earth, affects mental health worldwide. Despite its importance, research eco-anxiety is currently limited by a lack of validated assessment instruments available in different languages. Recently, Hogg colleagues proposed multidimensional approach to assess eco-anxiety. Here, we aim translate original English Eco-Anxiety Scale (HEAS) into German reliability validity sample.Following TRAPD (translation, review, adjudication, pre-test, documentation) approach, translated scale German. In total, 486 participants completed HEAS. We used Bayesian confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) whether four-factorial model version could be replicated sample. Furthermore, associations with variety emotional reactions towards crisis, general depression, anxiety, stress were investigated.The HEAS was internally consistent (Cronbach's alphas 0.71-0.86) CFA showed that fit best model, comparable factorial structure (affective symptoms, rumination, behavioral personal impact). Weak moderate found negative crisis stress.Our results support indicate reliable valid speaking populations.

Язык: Английский

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Do Individuals with High Climate Anxiety Believe That They Will Die Earlier? First Evidence from Germany

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 20(6), С. 5064 - 5064

Опубликована: Март 13, 2023

To examine the association between climate anxiety and perceived longevity in general adult German population (also stratified by age group).Nationally representative survey.Data were used of population, with n = 3015 individuals (18 to 74 years; data collection: March 2022). Climate was assessed using validated Anxiety Scale. It adjusted for a wide array covariates linear-log regression analysis.Even after adjusting various covariates, there an higher (log) lower total sample (β -1.41, p < 0.01). Stratified group, significant only present among aged 18 29 years -3.58, 0.01), whereas it not other groups (i.e., 30 49 years, 50 64 65 over).This study showed longevity, particularly younger individuals. More clearly, think they will die earlier. This is first on this topic could serve as foundation upcoming research. For example, longitudinal studies are needed confirm our findings.

Язык: Английский

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An Emotional Road to Sustainability: How Affective Science Can Support pro-Climate Action

Emotion Review, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 15(4), С. 284 - 288

Опубликована: Авг. 8, 2023

Although emotions play a crucial role in understanding and encouraging sustainable behavior decision-making, many open questions currently remain unanswered. In this review, we advance three broad areas of particular theoretical applied importance that affective science emotion researchers could benefit from engaging with: (1) “ emotions” or empirically testing the possibility positive reinforcing feedback loops between anticipatory experienced following adoption behaviors, (2) non- Western exploring extent to which people's experience climate-relevant differs across non-WEIRD populations, (3) impactful need carefully differentiate conceptual empirical low-impact (e.g., recycling) versus high-impact flying less) environmental behaviors.

Язык: Английский

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