The psychology of climate anxiety [PDF]
This paper focuses on climate anxiety and its role in the psychology of climate change, compared with responses to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Four psychological hypotheses for why we do not act on climate change will be reviewed, and the role of anxiety for each, as well as potential solutions.
Dodds J.
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On the Measurement of Climate Change Anxiety: French Validation of the Climate Anxiety Scale [PDF]
The notion of climate change anxiety has gained traction in the last years. Clayton & Karazsia (2020) recently developed the 22-item Climate Change Anxiety Scale (CAS), which assesses climate change anxiety via a four-factor structure. Yet other research has cast doubts on the very structure of the CAS by calling either for a shorter (i.e.
Camille Mouguiama-Daouda +3 more
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Toward a unified understanding of climate anxiety: Examining measures of climate and eco-anxiety [PDF]
Despite recent research efforts to understand climate anxiety, related measurement is challenged by multiple definitions and the emergence of several seemingly similar measures, warranting a thorough and joint investigation of their validity. This study (N = 1003) examined the factor structure of existing measures, namely the Climate Anxiety Scale (CAS)
Lisa Marie Hempel +2 more
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Anxiety and the Ecological Crisis: An Analysis of Eco-Anxiety and Climate Anxiety [PDF]
Eco-anxiety and climate anxiety are widely discussed in contemporary media and are subjects of growing research interest. However, there is a lack of research about the definitions and variations of these phenomena. This article analyzes various views of eco-anxiety from a wide range of disciplines.
Pihkala Panu, Panu Pihkala
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Climate Change Anxiety Assessment: The Psychometric Properties of the Polish Version of the Climate Anxiety Scale [PDF]
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.
Paweł Larionow +6 more
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Climate anxiety as a call to global justice [PDF]
Climate anxiety (or eco-anxiety) is a growing psychological phenomenon linked to the increasing awareness of the environmental crisis caused by climate change. However, it is better understood within the context of the anthropogenic mechanisms that have contributed to pollution and climate change and that are failing to control their consequences ...
Batul Hanife +4 more
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The Psychology of Climate Anxiety — ERRATUM [PDF]
Dodds J.
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On climate anxiety and the threat it may pose to daily life functioning and adaptation: a study among European and African French-speaking participants [PDF]
Alexandre Heeren +2 more
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Climate Anxiety: A Research Agenda Inspired by Emotion Research
Climate anxiety refers to persistent, difficult-to-control apprehensiveness and worry about climate change. Research to better understand the prevalence, indicators, causes, and consequences of climate anxiety is needed, to which emotion researchers can make substantial contributions.
Anne M. van Valkengoed +2 more
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Climate anxiety as posthuman knowledge
The American Psychological Association defines ‘climate anxiety’ or ‘eco-anxiety’ as a chronic fear of environmental doom (Clayton et al., 2017, p.68 [Glossary]). This paper instead theorises climate anxiety as an emergent form of posthuman knowledge, albeit one that is dominated by vulnerability rather than affirmation.
Candice Boyd +2 more
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