Eco-anxiety: An adaptive behavior or a mental disorder? Results of a psychometric study

IF 1.2 4区医学 Q4 NEUROSCIENCES

Encephale-Revue De Psychiatrie Clinique Biologique et Therapeutique Pub Date : 2024-08-01 DOI:10.1016/j.encep.2023.08.009

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Abstract

Objective

Eco-anxiety is a complex construct that has been created to grasp the psychological impact of the consequences of global warming. The concept needs a reliably valid questionnaire to better evaluate its impact on the risk of anxiety and depressive disorders. The Eco-Anxiety Questionnaire (EAQ-22) evaluates two dimensions: ‘habitual ecological anxiety’ and ‘distress related to eco-anxiety’. However, a version in French, one of the world's widely spoken languages, was until now lacking. We aimed to translate and validate the French EAQ-22 and to evaluate the prevalence of the level of the two dimensions of eco-anxiety and the relationship with anxiety and depressive symptoms in a representative adult sample of the French general population.

Methods

This study was performed under the auspices of the Institut national du sommeil et de la vigilance (INSV). Participants (18–65 years) were recruited by an institute specialized in conducting online surveys of representative population samples (quota sampling). Two native French speakers and two native English speakers performed a forward-backward translation of the questionnaire. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HAD) was administered to assess anxiety (HAD-A) and depressive (HAD-D) symptoms and for external validity. Internal structural validity and external validity were analysed.

Results

Evaluation was performed on 1004 participants: mean age 43.47 years (SD = 13.41, range: [19–66]); 54.1% (n = 543) women. Using the HAD, 312 (31.1%) patients had current clinically significant anxiety symptoms (HAD-A > 10) and 150 (14.9%) had current clinically significant depressive symptoms (HAD-D>10). Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.934, indicating very good internal consistency. Correlation between EAQ-22 and HAD scores was low (r[1004] = 0.209, P < 0.001), ‘habitual ecological anxiety’ was correlated less with HAD-A and HAD-D than ‘distress related to eco-anxiety’, indicating good external validity.

Conclusion

This study validates the French EAQ-22 and paves the way for using the EAQ-22 as a global tool for assessing eco-anxiety. Further prospective studies are now required to better evaluate the impact of eco-anxiety on the occurrence of anxiety and depressive disorder.

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生态焦虑症：适应行为还是精神障碍？心理测量研究结果。

目的：生态焦虑是一个复杂的概念，是为了了解全球变暖的后果所造成的心理影响而提出的。这一概念需要一份可靠有效的问卷，以更好地评估其对焦虑症和抑郁症风险的影响。生态焦虑问卷（EAQ-22）从两个方面进行评估：习惯性生态焦虑 "和 "与生态焦虑相关的痛苦"。然而，作为世界上使用最广泛的语言之一，迄今为止还没有一个法语版本。我们的目的是翻译并验证法文版 EAQ-22，并在法国普通人群中有代表性的成人样本中评估生态焦虑两个维度的普遍程度以及与焦虑和抑郁症状之间的关系：本研究由法国国家疾病与警觉研究所（INSV）赞助进行。参与者（18-65 岁）由一家专门从事代表性人口抽样在线调查（配额抽样）的机构招募。两名母语为法语和两名母语为英语的人员对问卷进行了正向和反向翻译。采用医院焦虑和抑郁量表（HAD）评估焦虑（HAD-A）和抑郁（HAD-D）症状，并进行外部验证。对内部结构效度和外部效度进行了分析：对 1004 名参与者进行了评估：平均年龄 43.47 岁（SD=13.41，范围：[19-66]）；54.1%（n=543）为女性。通过使用 HAD，312 名（31.1%）患者目前有明显的临床焦虑症状（HAD-A>10），150 名（14.9%）患者目前有明显的临床抑郁症状（HAD-D>10）。Cronbach'sα系数为0.934，表明内部一致性非常好。EAQ-22与HAD得分之间的相关性较低（r[1004]=0.209，PC结论：本研究验证了法国 EAQ-22 的有效性，并为将 EAQ-22 作为评估生态焦虑的全球工具铺平了道路。现在需要进一步开展前瞻性研究，以更好地评估生态焦虑对焦虑症和抑郁症的影响。

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Encephale-Revue De Psychiatrie Clinique Biologique et Therapeutique 医学-精神病学

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4.60

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7.40%

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162

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6-12 weeks

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