Psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Climate Change Anxiety Scale

Innocenti, Matteo; Santarelli, G.; Faggi, V.; Castellini, Giovanni; Manelli, Ilenia; Magrini, Gisella; Galassi, F.; Ricca, Valdo

doi:10.1016/j.joclim.2021.100080

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“…Therefore, the CAS subscales showed inconsistent correlations with depressive and anxiety symptoms. Wullenkord et al ( 2021 ) evidenced that people with higher CA expressed less climate denial and stronger pro-environmental intentions as well as pro-environmental behaviors, which was reported by Innocenti et al ( 2021 ). In contrast, there was no relationship between CA and behavioral engagement in the original study by Clayton and Karazsia ( 2020 ).…”

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“…Regarding the convergent and divergent validity of the CAS, Wullenkord et al ( 2021 ) reported that higher CA was associated with a higher level of the overall score on anxiety-depressive symptoms. Other studies have shown the presence of correlations of the CAS subscales with depressive symptoms or no correlations with anxiety symptoms (Innocenti et al, 2021 ; Mouguiama-Daouda et al, 2022 ). Therefore, the CAS subscales showed inconsistent correlations with depressive and anxiety symptoms.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Currently, only a few validation studies of the CAS have been conducted in different cultures. As for factor structure, a German validation study by Wullenkord et al ( 2021 ) and an Italian validation study of the CAS conducted by Innocenti et al ( 2021 ) did not confirm the 2-factor structure of the scale. The French validation study by Mouguiama-Daouda et al ( 2022 ) showed the priority of the 2-factor over the 1-factor structure of the 13-item scale.…”

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Climate Change Anxiety Assessment: The Psychometric Properties of the Polish Version of the Climate Anxiety Scale

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The Climate Anxiety Scale (CAS) is a 13-item questionnaire for assessing climate anxiety (CA) as a psychological response to climate change. The CAS consists of two subscales, namely, cognitive impairment and functional impairment. This study aimed to validate the Polish version of the CAS. The sample included 603 respondents (344 females, 247 males, and 12 non-binary), aged 18–70 years (M = 25.32, SD = 9.59). Based on the exploratory factor analysis results, we proposed a 3-factor solution (i.e., intrusive symptoms, reflections on CA, and functional impairment), which seems to be theoretically more consistent with the content of the CAS statements. The confirmatory factor analysis showed that the original 2-factor solution and the 3-factor one had a satisfactory and a good fit to the data, respectively, as well as both were invariant across different gender, age, and educational level categories. Despite the fact that the 3-factor solution had the best-fit indices, we recommended to examine the CAS structure in different samples and use the overall CAS score in cross-cultural research. Cognitive and functional impairment subscales were positively correlated with personal experience of climate change, behavioral engagement, environmental identity, and environmental motives, but they were negatively correlated with climate change denial and sense of safety. The CAS subscales were correlated with depressive symptoms, but contrary to expectations, they were not associated with anxiety symptoms and any cognitive coping strategies. The Polish version of the CAS has satisfactory psychometric properties. Overall, we reported low CA levels in the Polish sample. Women and younger people experienced higher CA.

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Climate Change Anxiety Assessment: The Psychometric Properties of the Polish Version of the Climate Anxiety Scale

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“…The CCAS is a 13-item self-report questionnaire designed to measure climate change anxiety. We relied on the CCAS since it has become the most used instrument to assess climate change anxiety worldwide (e.g., Hickman et al, 2021;Innocenti et al, 2021;Wullenkord et al, 2021).…”

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A network approach to climate change anxiety and its key related features

Heeren

Mouguiama-Daouda²,

McNally

2023

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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A network approach to climate change anxiety and its key related features

Heeren¹,

Mouguiama-Daouda²,

McNally³

2022

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Research has pointed to startling worldwide rates of people reporting considerable anxiety vis-à-vis climate change. Yet, uncertainties remain regarding how climate anxiety’s cognitive-emotional features and daily life functional impairments interact with one another and with climate change experience, pro-environmental behaviors, and general worry. In this study, we apply network analyses to examine the associations among these variables in an international community sample (n = 874). We computed two network models, a graphical Gaussian model to explore network structure, potential communities, and influential nodes, and a directed acyclic graph to examine the probabilistic dependencies among the variables. Both network models pointed to the cognitive-emotional features of climate anxiety as a potential hub bridging general worry, the experience of climate change, pro-environmental behaviors, and the functional impairments associated with climate anxiety. Our findings offer data‐driven clues for the field’s larger quest to establish the foundations of climate anxiety.

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Psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Climate Change Anxiety Scale

Cited by 54 publications

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Climate Change Anxiety Assessment: The Psychometric Properties of the Polish Version of the Climate Anxiety Scale

Climate Change Anxiety Assessment: The Psychometric Properties of the Polish Version of the Climate Anxiety Scale

A network approach to climate change anxiety and its key related features

A network approach to climate change anxiety and its key related features

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