Exploring eco-anxiety in Italian adolescents: psychometric evaluation of the Climate Change Anxiety Scale and theoretical insights into the association with pro-environmental attitudes
The CCAS showed satisfactory psychometric properties among Italian adolescents. The exploratory model suggests that in adolescents, worry and rumination may have an adaptive role by transforming climate change anxiety into pro-environmental attitudes.
Authors
- Gaia Surya Lombardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5489-0075)
- Sara Bocci Benucci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4508-408X)
- Alessio Perilli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1353-6181)
- G Congedo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7606-2136)
- Giulia Fioravanti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4871-2755)
- Stefania Bruno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1551-4771)
- M Di Russo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4224-2899)
- Matteo Innocenti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2457-0959)
- Giulia Dockerty
- Giulio De Micco
Institutions
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)
- University of Florence (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Published
- 2025-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1601891
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00