Function of general anxiety, correlation with nature and pro-environmental behavior of citizens in the prediction of anxiety due to climate changes
2025
Ćosić, Milivoje | Ivanović, Miroljub
The aim of this transversal research was to define the predictive contribution of: socio-demographic variables (gender, age, and financial status), perceived gener al anxiety, connection with nature and pro-environmental behaviors of citizens in predicting the proportion of variance of anxiety due to climate change. A total of 240 participants took part in the research (54% women and 46% men aged 18-62, with an average age (M = 43.88 years (SD = 2.86 years). Data were collected via the online method using five measuring instruments: Sociodemographic Data Questionnaire, Climate Change Anxiety Scale, Nature Relatedness Scale, Anxiety Scale and Proactive Environmental Behavior QuestionnaireHierarchical regres sion analysis revealed that the predictors of general anxiety and connection with nature explain 17% of the variance of the anxiety due to climate change criteria, where an increased level of general anxiety (β = 0.41, p ≤ 0.01) and connection with nature (β = 0.20, p ≤ 0.01) increases the level of anxiety of citizens due to climate change. The obtained values of standard Beta-coefficients in this study can significantly contribute to the planning of strategies to combat anxiety due to cli mate change. Methodological limitations, theoretical contributions and relevant implications of the results for future longitudinal studies for the assessment of the investigated relationships among the Serbian population were analyzed.
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Publisher Institute of Agricultural Economics, Belgrade, Serbia
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