A COSMIN systematic review of the psychometric properties of instruments that measure climate change-related distress.

ABSTRACT: Awareness of the climate crisis has been linked to a range of distressing emotions and multiple measurement tools have been created to assess climate change-related distress. A systematic review of psychometric properties of climate-related distress measures was conducted following the Consensus-based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) guidelines. Forty-four studies assessing seven measures were evaluated based on their results and the methodological quality of the studies testing each psychometric property. The measures varied with regard to the climate-related distress construct they assessed. Content validity was poor for most measures due to the methods of their development and strict COSMIN criteria; an exception was the Eco-Anxiety Questionnaire, w

SUBMITTER: Ramsay G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12443130 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature