Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the climate anxiety scale in Spanish-speaking adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Evidence suggests that climate change affects both the physical and mental health of the global population. In this context, interest in research and in the development of reliable and valid tools to measure climate anxiety-defined as the experience of intense anxiety associated with perceptions of climate change-has increased. The sample consisted of 1,065 respondents (49% self-identified as females) aged between 12 and 18 years (M = 14.0, SD = 1.49). This study is the first to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Climate Anxiety Scale, a 13-item questionnaire designed to assess anxiety as a psychological response to climate change, in a large population of Spanish-speaking adolescents. The results showed a satisfactory model fit for the scale, with two subscales (cognitive-emotion

SUBMITTER: Jimenez-Vazquez D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12361156 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature