Detecting and classifying eco-anxiety: development of clinical cut-off scores for the climate change anxiety scale.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Climate change anxiety, that is worry and fear in relation to the awareness of the impacts of climate change, is widely observed around the world. Some evidence suggests that while climate change anxiety can, at times, be adaptive, a growing body of research has reported that climate change anxiety is also related to a range of negative mental health outcomes and psychological distress. Currently, however, there is limited ability to assess for elevated levels of climate change anxiety and to identify those who may need support. The present study, therefore, aimed to develop clinical cut-off scores on a measure of climate change anxiety.

Methods

A largely representative sample of Australian young adults (aged 16-25 years) completed measures of psychological distre

SUBMITTER: Cosh SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11657576 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature