Sümen Adem, Kublay Yelda, Adibelli Derya
Department of Public Health Nursing, Kumluca Faculty of Health Sciences, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Health Science Institute, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
Public Health Nurs. 2025 Mar-Apr;42(2):655-664. doi: 10.1111/phn.13493. Epub 2024 Nov 25.
This study was conducted to determine the relationship between climate change concerns and mental well-being levels in adult individuals.
A descriptive and correlational study.
The study was conducted with 513 adult individuals who applied to primary healthcare institutions between May and October 2022 in Türkiye.
The research data were collected face-to-face using an introductory information form, the Climate Change Worry Scale (CCWS), and the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS).
Among the occupations of the adults participating in the survey, the group most affected by climate change was greenhouse cultivation with 30.8%. The top three most common events experienced by the participants in the study are forest fire (40.6%), earthquake (29.2%), and flood (19.7%). In the study, the mean CCWS score of adults was 33.92 ± 10.27 and the mean WEMWBS score was 50.20 ± 11.88. A positive correlation was found between the total, anxiety, and feeling of helplessness sub-dimensions of the CCWS and the mean score of WEMWBS (p < 0.001). The mean scores of CCWS and WEMWBS of the participants who stated that they experienced an extraordinary event related to climate change, who had a relative who experienced these events, who followed these events from the media, and the mean scores of CCWS of those who experienced these events themselves were found to be significantly higher (p < 0.05). The mean scores of CCWS and WEMWBS were higher for those who experienced forest fire and flood disasters; CCWS for those who experienced tornado; and WEMWBS for those who experienced earthquake and storm/hurricane (p < 0.05).
One of the most important results of the study is that there is a positive relationship between the sub-dimensions of helplessness due to climate concern and the level of mental well-being. It is important to increase climate change awareness activities at individual and community levels.
本研究旨在确定成年个体对气候变化的担忧与心理健康水平之间的关系。
描述性和相关性研究。
该研究对2022年5月至10月期间在土耳其申请初级医疗机构的513名成年个体进行。
研究数据通过面对面方式收集，使用一份介绍性信息表、气候变化担忧量表（CCWS）和沃里克-爱丁堡心理健康量表（WEMWBS）。
在参与调查的成年人职业中，受气候变化影响最大的群体是温室种植，占30.8%。研究参与者经历的最常见的三大事件是森林火灾（40.6%）、地震（29.2%）和洪水（19.7%）。在该研究中，成年人的CCWS平均得分为33.92±10.27，WEMWBS平均得分为50.20±11.88。CCWS总分、焦虑和无助感子维度与WEMWBS平均得分之间存在正相关（p<0.001）。表示经历过与气候变化相关的异常事件、有亲属经历过这些事件、通过媒体关注这些事件的参与者的CCWS和WEMWBS平均得分，以及亲身经历过这些事件的参与者的CCWS平均得分均显著更高（p<0.05）。经历过森林火灾和洪水灾害的人的CCWS和WEMWBS平均得分更高；经历过龙卷风的人的CCWS得分更高；经历过地震和风暴/飓风的人的WEMWBS得分更高（p<0.05）。
该研究最重要的结果之一是，因气候担忧产生的无助感子维度与心理健康水平之间存在正相关。在个人和社区层面开展提高气候变化意识的活动很重要。
