Henschel Lara Denise, Franke Gabriele Helga, Jagla-Franke Melanie
Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal, 39576, Stendal, Germany.
Hochschule Neubrandenburg, 17033, Neubrandenburg, Germany.
BMC Public Health. 2025 May 2;25(1):1624. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-22849-3.
The present study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of the German Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale (HEAS) as a reliable and valid instrument to measure eco-anxiety, and to explore its associations with sociodemographic and psychological variables.
322 German speaking participants (67.4% female; M = 36.64 [SD = 14.77] years old) were recruited via the internet and social media. Confirmatory factor analyses, reliability and correlational analyses, independent sample t-tests, and a multiple regression analysis were conducted.
Both in confirmatory factor analyses tested models were acceptable with an even better model fit of the four-factorial structure (CFI = 0.96, TLI = 0.94, RMSEA = 0.08, SRMR = 0.04) than of the second-order model (CFI = 0.94, TLI = 0.93, RMSEA = 0.08, SRMR = 0.06). The HEAS total scale (α = 0.91, ω = 0.91) and the HEAS subscales Affective Symptoms (α = 0.87, ω = 0.86), Rumination (α = 0.84, ω = 0.84), Behavioral Symptoms (α = 0.79, ω = 0.79) and Personal Impact Anxiety (α = 0.90, ω = 0.90) had good to excellent internal consistency coefficients. Correlational analyses showed significant associations between the HEAS total scale and subscales and measures of climate anxiety, psychological distress, partially self-efficacy and social support as well as some sociodemographic variables. Some significant sociodemographic differences were found for the HEAS total scale and subscales regarding gender and parental status but not age groups. Our multiple regression analysis resulted in psychological distress as the only significant predictor of eco-anxiety.
The German HEAS is a reliable and valid instrument to assess anxiety about ecological problems.
本研究旨在调查德语版霍格生态焦虑量表（HEAS）作为一种测量生态焦虑的可靠且有效的工具的心理测量特性，并探讨其与社会人口统计学和心理变量的关联。
通过互联网和社交媒体招募了322名讲德语的参与者（67.4%为女性；年龄M = 36.64岁[标准差 = 14.77]）。进行了验证性因素分析、信度和相关性分析、独立样本t检验以及多元回归分析。
在验证性因素分析中，所测试的模型均可接受，四因素结构模型的拟合度（CFI = 0.96，TLI = 0.94，RMSEA = 0.08，SRMR = 0.04）优于二阶模型（CFI = 0.94，TLI = 0.93，RMSEA = 0.08，SRMR = 0.06）。HEAS总量表（α = 0.91，ω = 0.91）以及HEAS分量表情感症状（α = 0.87，ω = 0.86）、沉思（α = 0.84，ω = 0.84）、行为症状（α = 0.79，ω = 0.79）和个人影响焦虑（α = 0.90，ω = 0.90）具有良好到优异的内部一致性系数。相关性分析表明，HEAS总量表和分量表与气候焦虑、心理困扰、部分自我效能感和社会支持的测量指标以及一些社会人口统计学变量之间存在显著关联。在HEAS总量表和分量表方面，发现了一些关于性别和父母状况的显著社会人口统计学差异，但年龄组之间没有差异。我们的多元回归分析结果显示，心理困扰是生态焦虑的唯一显著预测因素。
德语版HEAS是评估对生态问题焦虑的可靠且有效的工具。
