Measuring Chinese negative emotion towards climate change: Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of Climate Change Anxiety Scale
Introduction: In response to growing concerns over negative emotions towards climate change worldwide, it is essential that a validated and reliable scale is available for the generalizability of the constructs being measured, and it is not just applicable to Western context, but also the East. Meth...
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| description | Introduction: In response to growing concerns over negative emotions towards climate change worldwide, it is essential that a validated and reliable scale is available for the generalizability of the constructs being measured, and it is not just applicable to Western context, but also the East. Method: The present study aims to conduct a psychometric investigation of the 13-item Climate Change Anxiety Scale (CCAS) of Clayton and Karazsia in Traditional Chinese using a large sample (N = 1,567) of Chinese individuals in Hong Kong, China. The CCAS was translated, back-translated, cross-culturally adapted and pilot-tested. We performed descriptive, scale reliability, exploratory factor and confirmatory factor analyses. Results: Unlike the two-factor structure of the original scale, our results revealed a three-factor structure of the 13-item CCAS version that captured three dimensions of climate change anxiety: intrusive symptoms, reflections on climate anxiety, and functional impairment. The scale showed good goodness-of-fit indices, internal consistency and reliability. The Chinese CCAS version demonstrated high levels of reliability estimates and significant, albeit weak, correlations with the relevant constructs of well-being, anxiety and depression, environmental orientation, self-efficacy and belief denial. Conclusion: Overall, the Chinese CCAS version has good reliability and validity, and it can be used as a valid assessment tool for climate change anxiety screening with Chinese individuals, thus providing a foundation for better understanding various climate change–related emotions through an anxiety lens in the Chinese context. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2dcceb1d0f3b4d3a95a175cc93b887db2025-02-11T04:35:35ZengElsevierThe Journal of Climate Change and Health2667-27822025-01-0121100364Measuring Chinese negative emotion towards climate change: Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of Climate Change Anxiety ScaleSam SS Lau0Kubi Appiah1Cherry CY Ho2Marco CH Cheng3Bo-Yi Yang4Research Centre for Environment and Human Health, School of Continuing Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China; College of International Education, School of Continuing Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China; Corresponding author at: Research Centre for Environment and Human Health, School of Continuing Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China.Research Centre for Environment and Human Health, School of Continuing Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China; Division of Nursing Education, School of Continuing Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, ChinaResearch Centre for Environment and Human Health, School of Continuing Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China; Division of Nursing Education, School of Continuing Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, ChinaResearch Centre for Environment and Human Health, School of Continuing Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, ChinaDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, ChinaIntroduction: In response to growing concerns over negative emotions towards climate change worldwide, it is essential that a validated and reliable scale is available for the generalizability of the constructs being measured, and it is not just applicable to Western context, but also the East. Method: The present study aims to conduct a psychometric investigation of the 13-item Climate Change Anxiety Scale (CCAS) of Clayton and Karazsia in Traditional Chinese using a large sample (N = 1,567) of Chinese individuals in Hong Kong, China. The CCAS was translated, back-translated, cross-culturally adapted and pilot-tested. We performed descriptive, scale reliability, exploratory factor and confirmatory factor analyses. Results: Unlike the two-factor structure of the original scale, our results revealed a three-factor structure of the 13-item CCAS version that captured three dimensions of climate change anxiety: intrusive symptoms, reflections on climate anxiety, and functional impairment. The scale showed good goodness-of-fit indices, internal consistency and reliability. The Chinese CCAS version demonstrated high levels of reliability estimates and significant, albeit weak, correlations with the relevant constructs of well-being, anxiety and depression, environmental orientation, self-efficacy and belief denial. Conclusion: Overall, the Chinese CCAS version has good reliability and validity, and it can be used as a valid assessment tool for climate change anxiety screening with Chinese individuals, thus providing a foundation for better understanding various climate change–related emotions through an anxiety lens in the Chinese context.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667278224000671Climate changeNegative emotionClimate change anxietyChineseValidation |
| spellingShingle | Sam SS Lau Kubi Appiah Cherry CY Ho Marco CH Cheng Bo-Yi Yang Measuring Chinese negative emotion towards climate change: Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of Climate Change Anxiety Scale The Journal of Climate Change and Health Climate change Negative emotion Climate change anxiety Chinese Validation |
| title | Measuring Chinese negative emotion towards climate change: Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of Climate Change Anxiety Scale |
| title_full | Measuring Chinese negative emotion towards climate change: Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of Climate Change Anxiety Scale |
| title_fullStr | Measuring Chinese negative emotion towards climate change: Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of Climate Change Anxiety Scale |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring Chinese negative emotion towards climate change: Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of Climate Change Anxiety Scale |
| title_short | Measuring Chinese negative emotion towards climate change: Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of Climate Change Anxiety Scale |
| title_sort | measuring chinese negative emotion towards climate change psychometric properties of the chinese version of climate change anxiety scale |
| topic | Climate change Negative emotion Climate change anxiety Chinese Validation |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667278224000671 |
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