Development and validation of a measure of climate change anxiety
Development and validation of a measure of climate change anxiety
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101434
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发表时间：
2020-06-01
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6.9
通讯作者：
Karazsia, Bryan T.
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作者：
Clayton, Susan;Karazsia, Bryan T.
人们越来越关注与气候变化意识相关的负面情绪反应。我们提出了三项研究，开发了一个气候变化焦虑量表。在研究1中，该量表在197名MTurk样本中开发并验证。我们的项目池的探索性因素分析揭示了一个四因素结构，与认知情感障碍，功能障碍，行为参与和经验新兴的独特因素。认知情感障碍和功能障碍被认为是构成气候变化焦虑的分量表;沿着行为参与，它们都与经验以及负面情绪有关。无论是气候变化焦虑还是一般抑郁和焦虑都与行为参与无关。研究2复制的因素结构，以及在第二个MTurk样本的相关性模式199。研究3在217名样本中检查了气候变化焦虑与适应反应之间的关系，并测试了气候变化焦虑评分是否会受到气候变化信息框架的影响。总体而言，研究结果表明，气候变化焦虑并不罕见，特别是在年轻人中;担心可以与对生活的更严重影响区分开来;气候变化焦虑与对气候变化的情绪反应有关，而不是行为反应。
There is increasing attention to the negative emotional responses associated with awareness of climate change. We present three studies developing a scale of climate change anxiety. In Study 1, the scale was developed and validated in an MTurk sample of 197. Exploratory factor analysis of our item pool revealed a four-factor structure, with cognitive-emotional impairment, functional impairment, behavioral engagement, and experience emerging as unique factors. Cognitive-emotional impairment and functional impairment were considered to constitute subscales for climate change anxiety; along with behavioral engagement, they were all related to experience as well as to negative emotions. Neither climate change anxiety nor general depression and anxiety were related to behavioral engagement. Study 2 replicated the factor structure as well as the pattern of correlations in a second MTurk sample of 199. Study 3 examined the relationship between climate change anxiety and adaptation responses in a sample of 217, and tested whether climate change anxiety scores would be affected by the framing of a climate change message. Overall, results suggest that climate change anxiety is not uncommon, especially among younger adults; that worry can be differentiated from a more serious impact on one's life; and that climate change anxiety is correlated with emotional but not behavioral responses to climate change.