The climate change risk awareness scale

BackgroundClimate change poses increasing risks to occupational health and safety, yet systematic tools for assessing employees' awareness of climate-related workplace risks remain limited.ObjectiveThis study demonstrates the development of a scale to measure awareness of the risks posed by climate change.Material and MethodThe scale was developed by researching the literature on climate change and generating a question pool. The produced question pool was first eliminated independently and then offered to experts for feedback. The number of questions was reduced to 24 based on expert feedback. The survey included employees aged 18 to 65 in Türkiye.ResultsThe constructed scale had a Kaiser-Mayer-Olkin value of 0.933 and a significant Bartlett Sphericity Test result. The scale, which had a normal distribution in the normality test and was acceptable for factor analysis, underwent Explanatory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), with items with low factor loadings being deleted. As a result of the reliability test, the Cronbach's Alpha score was 0.918. The Goodness of Fit Indexes also indicate that the study is suitable for further investigation. The scale was designed with 21 items and three factors in a four-point Likert structure.ConclusionWithin the framework of the analyses performed; this study has produced a scale with approved validity and reliability to measure climate change risk awareness for different occupational groups between the ages of 18-65.