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<p>Some individuals experience such intense worry about climate change that they may develop impairment-based climate anxiety, which is characterized by cognitive, affective, and functional impairments. In this online study (<i>n</i> = 359), we examined whether self-reported pro-environmental behaviors and suppression of thoughts about climate change worsen the relationship between self-reported climate worry and impairment-based climate anxiety. First, climate worry appeared to predict both the severity of climate anxiety and engagement in private pro-environmental behaviors. Second, both public pro-environmental behaviors and thought suppression predicted the severity of climate anxiety, though neither pro-environmental behaviors nor climate change thought suppression moderated the effect of climate worry on impairment-based climate anxiety. Taken together, these findings raise questions about whether it is possible to distinguish between forms of climate anxiety associated with pro-environmental behavior and those associated with impairments.</p>

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When climate worry turns into climate anxiety: the psychological toll of acting and avoiding in the face of climate change

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    2026年2月19日

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  • Zoé Lackner,
  • Arnaud Carré,
  • Aurélien Graton

摘要

Some individuals experience such intense worry about climate change that they may develop impairment-based climate anxiety, which is characterized by cognitive, affective, and functional impairments. In this online study (n = 359), we examined whether self-reported pro-environmental behaviors and suppression of thoughts about climate change worsen the relationship between self-reported climate worry and impairment-based climate anxiety. First, climate worry appeared to predict both the severity of climate anxiety and engagement in private pro-environmental behaviors. Second, both public pro-environmental behaviors and thought suppression predicted the severity of climate anxiety, though neither pro-environmental behaviors nor climate change thought suppression moderated the effect of climate worry on impairment-based climate anxiety. Taken together, these findings raise questions about whether it is possible to distinguish between forms of climate anxiety associated with pro-environmental behavior and those associated with impairments.