Factors relating to climate change anxiety in women at reproductive age: A CHAID analysis.
Tuğçe Sönmez, Enes Karaman
PMID 40971202WHAT IT FOUND
Women averaged 52.46 of 90 for climate-change anxiety, a moderate level.
Higher total scores were associated with anxiety about climate harms and knowing about climate change. This was cross-sectional, so it does not show cause.
Key findings
01The mean total climate-change anxiety score was 52.459 ± 17.194 on an 18 to 90 scale.
02Women who reported anxiety about negative climate consequences had higher total scores (60.758 ± 15.228) than women who did not (40.528 ± 12.103).
03Among women anxious about negative climate consequences, those who knew about climate change had higher total scores (62.717 ± 15.241) than those who did not (56.177 ± 14.294).
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What it does not show
The design was cross-sectional, so it cannot show that knowing about climate change, following news, or anxiety about harms caused higher anxiety scores. Women were recruited from one family health center in Mersin, Türkiye, so the results may not apply to other populations. Women with chronic or psychological disorders were excluded, so the findings may not apply to women with existing health or mental health conditions. Anxiety was measured with a self-report scale, not with clinical assessment or objective stress markers. The paper did not test whether patient education or any other nursing action changes climate-change anxiety.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that knowing about climate change or following climate news causes anxiety. This was a cross-sectional survey of women without chronic or psychological disorders, so it only shows associations, not cause or effect.