Psychometric Properties of the Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale (heas-13) and the Prediction of Pro-Environmental Behavior

dc.authorid Kozak, Ekin Doğa/0000-0003-0039-329X
dc.authorid Türkarslan, Kutlu Kağan/0000-0002-2440-3977
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dc.authorwosid Kozak, Ekin Doğa/JRW-8267-2023
dc.authorwosid Türkarslan, Kutlu Kağan/AAY-8774-2021
dc.contributor.author Turkarslan, Kutlu Kagan
dc.contributor.author Kozak, Ekin Doga
dc.contributor.author Yildirim, Juelide Ceren
dc.contributor.other Department of Psychology
dc.date.accessioned 2024-07-05T15:22:14Z
dc.date.available 2024-07-05T15:22:14Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.department Atılım University en_US
dc.department-temp [Turkarslan, Kutlu Kagan] Atilim Univ, Dept Psychol, Ankara, Turkiye; [Kozak, Ekin Doga] Hacettepe Univ, Dept Psychol, Ankara, Turkiye; [Kozak, Ekin Doga] Middle East Tech Univ, Dept Psychol, Ankara, Turkiye; [Yildirim, Juelide Ceren] Istanbul Univ, Dept Psychol, Istanbul, Turkiye en_US
dc.description Kozak, Ekin Doğa/0000-0003-0039-329X; Türkarslan, Kutlu Kağan/0000-0002-2440-3977 en_US
dc.description.abstract Objectives: Eco-anxiety, a novel conceptualization of anxiety in relation to ecological problems, has become a significant subject of interest in psychology. The Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale (HEAS-13) is a recently developed, valid, and reliable measure of eco-anxiety. The present study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of the HEAS-13 in Turkish-speaking samples. Methods: 605 individuals, recruited via social media and the internet, participated in the study. The sample was randomly split in half (first sample, 69.00% and second sample, 70.90% females), and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted on separate samples. The concurrent and incremental validities were evaluated in the total sample. The three-week test-retest reliability of the HEAS-13 was assessed in a third separate sample (83.13% females). Results: Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses found and validated a four-factor structure with 13 items. The associations of HEAS-13 with concurrent measures indicated that the scale had good concurrent validity. The anxiety and behavioral symptoms subscales of the HEAS-13 explained the additional variance (6.60%) in proenvironmental behavior beyond activist identity and commitment. Finally, the HEAS-13 and its subscales had good internal consistency coefficients, ranging from 0.82 to 0.93. and mediocre three-week intra-class correlations, ranging from 0.47 to 0.56. Conclusion: The Turkish HEAS-13 was a valid and reliable measure of eco-anxiety that can be used to assess anxiety about ecological problems. Moreover, optimizing levels of anxiety symptoms, alleviating behavioral symptoms, and enhancing individuals' activist identity and commitment may be targets for interventions aiming to increase pro-environmental behaviors. en_US
dc.identifier.citationcount 1
dc.identifier.doi 10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102147
dc.identifier.issn 0272-4944
dc.identifier.issn 1522-9610
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85174331210
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102147
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/2153
dc.identifier.volume 92 en_US
dc.identifier.wos WOS:001105962200001
dc.identifier.wosquality Q1
dc.institutionauthor Türkarslan, Kutlu Kağan
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess en_US
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dc.subject Climate change en_US
dc.subject Ecological problems en_US
dc.subject Eco-anxiety en_US
dc.subject Environmental behavior en_US
dc.subject Scale adaptation en_US
dc.title Psychometric Properties of the Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale (heas-13) and the Prediction of Pro-Environmental Behavior en_US
dc.type Article en_US
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