Psychometric Evaluation of the Ukrainian Version of the Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale (HEAS-UA)

The aim of the study was a psychometric evaluation of the first Ukrainian-language version of the Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale (HEAS) with subsequent comparative analysis of eco-anxiety indicators in different gender and age groups.The HEAS (Hogg et al., 2021) is a questionnaire consisting of 13 items.It measures eco-anxiety as four types of psychological responses to the modern ecological crisis: affective symptoms, rumination, behavioral symptoms, and anxiety about personal impact.The factor structure of the HEAS-UA, internal convergent and discriminant validity, composite reliability, internal consistency, measurement invariance, and concurrent validity were assessed.Methods.