Fekih-Romdhane Feten, Malaeb Diana, Yakın Ecem, Sakr Fouad, Dabbous Mariam, El Khatib Sami, Obeid Sahar, Hallit Souheil
The Tunisian Center of Early Intervention in Psychosis, Department of psychiatry Ibn Omrane, Razi Hospital, Manouba, 2010, Tunisia.
Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia.
BMC Psychiatry. 2024 Jul 16;24(1):507. doi: 10.1186/s12888-024-05956-0.
The Arab world is one of the global regions the most directly concerned by, and suffering from climate change's adverse consequences. As such, there appears to be a strong need for an understanding of how Arab people may emotionally respond to climate change. Providing valid and reliable measures of climate change anxiety (CCA) can help gain a clear overview of the situation in Arab countries, and allow to intervene timely and effectively to mitigate any adverse effects on Arab people's mental health. To this end, the present study sought to validate the Arabic language version of the Climate Change Anxiety Scale (CCAS) in a sample of native Arabic-speaking adults from the general population of Lebanon.
This study adopted a cross-sectional approach and enrolled 763 adults between July and September 2023.
A confirmatory analysis of the one-factor model showed poor fit indices as follows: CFI = 0.90, GFI = 0.83, SRMR = 0.048 and RMSEA 0.131 [90% CI 0.123, 0.138). The two-factor model showed a satisfactory fit with a high CFI of and a GFI of 0.91 and a SRMR of 0.04 and RMSEA of 0.05 [90% CI 0.04, 0.06]. Both McDonald's omega and Cronbach alpha values were high for the overall CCAS score (α = 0.96 and ω = 0.96) in the whole sample. Configural, metric and scalar invariance across gender was demonstrated. No significant difference was found between males and females in terms of total CCAS scores (24.53 ± 10.59 vs. 26.03 ± 11.17, t(761) = -1.82, p = .069). Higher CCA, functional impairment and cognitive impairment scores were significantly associated with higher depression, anxiety and stress.
The reliability and validity of the CCAS in its Arabic version were proven. The availability of this self-report measure could offer a chance to assess CCA among Adults speaking Arabic, and to spread its future use for screening and research purposes.
阿拉伯世界是最直接受到气候变化不利影响并深受其害的全球地区之一。因此，似乎非常有必要了解阿拉伯人对气候变化可能产生的情绪反应。提供有效且可靠的气候变化焦虑（CCA）测量方法有助于全面了解阿拉伯国家的情况，并能够及时有效地进行干预，以减轻对阿拉伯人心理健康的任何不利影响。为此，本研究旨在在黎巴嫩普通人群中以说阿拉伯语的成年人为样本，验证气候变化焦虑量表（CCAS）的阿拉伯语版本。
本研究采用横断面研究方法，于2023年7月至9月招募了763名成年人。
对单因素模型的验证性分析显示拟合指数较差，如下所示：CFI = 0.90，GFI = 0.83，SRMR = 0.048，RMSEA 0.131 [90% CI 0.123, 0.138]。双因素模型显示拟合良好，CFI较高，为 ，GFI为0.91，SRMR为0.04，RMSEA为0.05 [90% CI 0.04, 0.06]。整个样本中CCAS总分的麦克唐纳ω值和克朗巴赫α值都很高（α = 0.96，ω = 0.96）。证明了性别间的构型、度量和标量不变性。男性和女性在CCAS总分方面没有显著差异（24.53 ± 10.59 vs. 26.03 ± 11.17，t(761) = -1.82，p = .069）。较高的CCA、功能损害和认知损害得分与较高的抑郁、焦虑和压力显著相关。
CCAS阿拉伯语版本的信度和效度得到了验证。这种自我报告测量方法的可用性可以为评估说阿拉伯语的成年人中的CCA提供机会，并推广其在未来筛查和研究中的应用。
