The Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale: Development and validation of a multidimensional scale

dc.contributor.authorHogg, Teaghan
dc.contributor.authorO’Brien, Léan
dc.contributor.authorStanley, Samantha
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Marc
dc.contributor.authorWatsford, Clare
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-22T00:20:28Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2022-11-13T07:17:03Z
dc.description.abstractAnxiety relating to a multitude of ecological crises, or eco-anxiety, is a subject of growing research significance. We used a multi-study mixed-methods design to explore eco-anxiety in Australia and New Zealand, validating a new eco-anxiety scale. In Study One, we developed and tested a 7-item eco-anxiety scale (n = 334), finding that this captured some, but not all, experiences of eco-anxiety. We found that people were anxious about a range of environmental conditions and their personal negative impact on the planet. Notably, people's anxiety about different environmental conditions (e.g., climate change, environmental degradation, pollution) were interconnected, lending support for the existence of eco-anxiety (a broader construct that encompasses climate change anxiety). These results informed further scale development in Study Two. Exploratory (n = 365) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (n = 370) supported a final 13-item scale that captured four dimensions of eco-anxiety: affective symptoms, rumination, behavioural symptoms, and anxiety about one's negative impact on the planet, which were each distinct from stress, anxiety and depression. A further longitudinal sample (n = 189) established the stability of these factors across time. Findings support eco-anxiety as a quantifiable psychological experience, reliably measured using our 13-item eco-anxiety scale, and differentiated from mental health outcomes.en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn0959-3780en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/316220
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherElsevieren_AU
dc.rights© 2021 Elsevier Ltd.en_AU
dc.sourceGlobal Environmental Change - Human and Policy Dimensionsen_AU
dc.subjectEco-anxietyen_AU
dc.subjectEco-anxiety scaleen_AU
dc.subjectClimate change anxietyen_AU
dc.subjectAnxiety Climate changeen_AU
dc.subjectWellbeingen_AU
dc.titleThe Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale: Development and validation of a multidimensional scaleen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage10en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationHogg, Teaghan, University of Canberraen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationO’Brien, Léan, University of Canberraen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationStanley, Samantha, College of Health and Medicine, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationWilson, Marc, Victoria University of Wellingtonen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationWatsford, Clare, University of Canberraen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailu1100977@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidStanley, Samantha, u1100977en_AU
local.description.embargo2099-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor520304 - Health psychologyen_AU
local.identifier.absseo200202 - Evaluation of health outcomesen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB22611en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume71en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102391en_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85117362571
local.identifier.thomsonIDWOS:000711154700002
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBya383154en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.elsevier.com/en-auen_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

Downloads

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
1-s2.0-S0959378021001709-main.pdf
Size:
550.85 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Back to topicon-arrow-up-solid
 
APRU
IARU
 
edX
Group of Eight Member

Acknowledgement of Country

The Australian National University acknowledges, celebrates and pays our respects to the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people of the Canberra region and to all First Nations Australians on whose traditional lands we meet and work, and whose cultures are among the oldest continuing cultures in human history.


Contact ANUCopyrightDisclaimerPrivacyFreedom of Information

+61 2 6125 5111 The Australian National University, Canberra

TEQSA Provider ID: PRV12002 (Australian University) CRICOS Provider Code: 00120C ABN: 52 234 063 906