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Climate Anxiety, Loneliness and Perceived Social Isolation
Aim: The goal of this study was to investigate the association of climate anxiety with loneliness and perceived social isolation (also stratified by age group). Methods: Data were taken from the general adult population aged 18 to 74 years (n = 3091). Data collection took place in March 2022. Climat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9690346/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36429713 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214991 |
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description | Aim: The goal of this study was to investigate the association of climate anxiety with loneliness and perceived social isolation (also stratified by age group). Methods: Data were taken from the general adult population aged 18 to 74 years (n = 3091). Data collection took place in March 2022. Climate anxiety was measured using the Climate Anxiety Scale. The De Jong Gierveld tool was used to quantify loneliness and the Bude and Lantermann tool was used to assess perceived social isolation. Results: Multiple linear regressions revealed an association between higher climate anxiety and higher loneliness (β = 0.06, p < 0.001) as well as higher perceived social isolation (β = 0.10, p < 0.001) among the total sample. A similar picture was identified in age-stratified regressions (i.e., among individuals aged 18 to 29 years, 30 to 49 years, and among individuals aged 50 to 64 years). However, climate anxiety was neither associated with loneliness nor with perceived social isolation among individuals aged 65 to 74 years. Conclusions: Our current study adds first evidence regarding the link between climate anxiety and loneliness as well as perceived social isolation and can serve as a basis for upcoming studies. |
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spelling | pubmed-96903462022-11-25 Climate Anxiety, Loneliness and Perceived Social Isolation Hajek, André König, Hans-Helmut Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Aim: The goal of this study was to investigate the association of climate anxiety with loneliness and perceived social isolation (also stratified by age group). Methods: Data were taken from the general adult population aged 18 to 74 years (n = 3091). Data collection took place in March 2022. Climate anxiety was measured using the Climate Anxiety Scale. The De Jong Gierveld tool was used to quantify loneliness and the Bude and Lantermann tool was used to assess perceived social isolation. Results: Multiple linear regressions revealed an association between higher climate anxiety and higher loneliness (β = 0.06, p < 0.001) as well as higher perceived social isolation (β = 0.10, p < 0.001) among the total sample. A similar picture was identified in age-stratified regressions (i.e., among individuals aged 18 to 29 years, 30 to 49 years, and among individuals aged 50 to 64 years). However, climate anxiety was neither associated with loneliness nor with perceived social isolation among individuals aged 65 to 74 years. Conclusions: Our current study adds first evidence regarding the link between climate anxiety and loneliness as well as perceived social isolation and can serve as a basis for upcoming studies. MDPI 2022-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9690346/ /pubmed/36429713 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214991 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Hajek, André König, Hans-Helmut Climate Anxiety, Loneliness and Perceived Social Isolation |
title | Climate Anxiety, Loneliness and Perceived Social Isolation |
title_full | Climate Anxiety, Loneliness and Perceived Social Isolation |
title_fullStr | Climate Anxiety, Loneliness and Perceived Social Isolation |
title_full_unstemmed | Climate Anxiety, Loneliness and Perceived Social Isolation |
title_short | Climate Anxiety, Loneliness and Perceived Social Isolation |
title_sort | climate anxiety, loneliness and perceived social isolation |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9690346/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36429713 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214991 |
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