The psychological consequences of the ecological crisis: Three new questionnaires to assess eco-anxiety, eco-guilt, and ecological grief

Ágoston, Csilla; Nagy, Balázs; Csaba, Benedek; Kőváry, Zoltán; Kovács, Kristóf; Varga, Attila; Dúll, Andrea; Mónus, Ferenc; Shaw, Carrie A.; Demetrovics, Zsolt

doi:10.1016/j.crm.2022.100441

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“…Eco-Guilt Questionnaire (E-GuiQ): Newly developed by Agoston et al (2022) [28], this instrument is used to gauge the level of eco-guilt of the participants. Composed of 12 items, it aids in giving a complete understanding of the guilt the participants encapsulates in terms of their relation to the environment.…”

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Understanding The Prevalence of Eco Guilt and Eco Grief among Adolescents: A Salutogenic Approach Towards Building ‘Pro-Environmental Behaviour’

Nambiar,

Singh

2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Negative emotions within the context of environment such as eco guilt and eco grief help individuals understand their impact on the environment and motivate them to act favorable to the environment. Antonovsky’s Salutogenic theory, specifically the sense of coherence model consisting of 3 components, namely, Comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness has been used as a foundation for explaining the concept of eco-guilt, eco-grief, environmental locus of control and pro-environmental behavior in adolescents. This paper aims to examine the relationship between eco-guilt, eco-grief, environmental locus of control and pro-environmental behavior among adolescents. The Eco guilt questionnaire, Eco grief questionnaire and Adolescent Internal Environmental Locus of Control Questionnaire were administered to the subjects to measure the prevalence of eco guilt, eco grief, and environmental locus of control, respectively, and General Ecological Behavior scale was used to assess pro-environmental behavior. Upon analysis, it was found that eco-guilt, eco-grief, and environmental locus of control shared a positive association with pro-environmental behavior among adolescents. Moreover, eco-guilt, eco-grief, and environmental locus of control were found to predict pro-environmental behavior among adolescents. Further investigation may be conducted to deepen the understanding of the relationship between eco-guilt, eco-grief and environmental locus of control and pro-environmental behavior.

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“…Eco-Grief Questionnaire (E-GriQ): Another instrument devised by Agoston et al (2022) [28], measures the level of eco-grief in participants. This scale entails 7 items that discern the sadness or worry that possess the individual in terms of environmental change or damage.…”

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Understanding The Prevalence of Eco Guilt and Eco Grief among Adolescents: A Salutogenic Approach Towards Building ‘Pro-Environmental Behaviour’

Nambiar,

Singh

2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…A questionnaire was developed to evaluate the effects of COVID-19 on pro-environmental behaviors ( Supplementary Appendix 7 ). The proposed conceptual model was tested using widely used and validated measurement items, including COVID-19 risk perception ( O’Connor and Assaker, 2022 ), nostalgia ( Wildschut et al, 2006 ), guilt ( Ágoston et al, 2022 ), awe of nature ( Shiota et al, 2006 ), attitude ( Qin and Hsu, 2022 ), power distance ( Yoo et al, 2011 ), and pro-environmental behavior ( Stern, 2000 ). Research items were measured using a five-point Likert scale (1 being highly disagree and 5 being highly agree).…”

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The effect of COVID-19 risk perception on pro-environmental behavior of Chinese consumers: Perspectives from affective event theory

Zhou

2023

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionCOVID-19 has altered human cognition and changed the cultural values of society. However, there has not been much debate among scholars about whether these above changes have led to an increase in pro-environmental behavior (PEB) of Chinese consumers.MethodsA comprehensive model was developed based on affective event theory. An online questionnaire was distributed, and 501 usable questionnaires were collected. In addition, two complementary approaches were employed: partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) and necessary condition analysis (NCA).ResultsThe PLS-SEM results showed that COVID-19 risk perception, nostalgia, the awe of nature, and attitude were found to have a positive effect on PEB; and the moderating effect of power distance belief (PD) between nostalgia (NO), attitude (AT) and PEB was confirmed. According to the NCA results, AT and NO are necessary conditions for the PEB of consumers.DiscussionThis study provides deeper insight into the understanding of consumers’ pro-environmental behavior in the context of COVID-19 through the combined use of PLS-SEM and NCA.

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“…Environment-related anxiety can be broadly defined as a range of negative emotions related to climate change and environmental threats (Ágoston et al, 2022; Kurth & Pihkala, 2022). Behind this definition, two terminologies are often used interchangeably in the literature: “eco-anxiety” and “climate anxiety,” despite their clear conceptual differences (Coffey et al, 2021).…”

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“…The original English version of the HEAS is considered to have high internal consistency (i.e., Cronbach’s α > .82 for all subscales) and exhibits good construct validity, as shown by its correlations with depression, anxiety, and stress scores (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995). More recently, Ágoston et al (2022) enriched the available tools by developing a 22-item scale that can be used to distinguish habitual ecological worry from the negative consequences of eco-anxiety.…”

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Psychometric validation of the French version of the Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale (HEAS-FR).

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The psychological consequences of the ecological crisis: Three new questionnaires to assess eco-anxiety, eco-guilt, and ecological grief

Cited by 44 publications

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Understanding The Prevalence of Eco Guilt and Eco Grief among Adolescents: A Salutogenic Approach Towards Building ‘Pro-Environmental Behaviour’

Understanding The Prevalence of Eco Guilt and Eco Grief among Adolescents: A Salutogenic Approach Towards Building ‘Pro-Environmental Behaviour’

The effect of COVID-19 risk perception on pro-environmental behavior of Chinese consumers: Perspectives from affective event theory

Psychometric validation of the French version of the Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale (HEAS-FR).

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