Is awareness of climate change a predictor of eco-anxiety? Research within the scope of nursing students

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dc.authoridBaykara Mat, Seda Tugba/0000-0002-3253-0597
dc.contributor.authorMat, Seda Tugba Baykara
dc.contributor.authorYilmaz, Buse Nur
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-09T10:49:02Z
dc.date.available2025-03-09T10:49:02Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentİstanbul Beykent Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractBackground: Understanding nursing students' awareness of climate change and its impact on their anxiety levels is crucial in representing a significant research area for the sustainability of healthcare services and the development of strategies to address climate change. Objectives: This study aims to determine nursing students' awareness of global climate change and eco-anxiety levels. Additionally, it seeks to uncover the relationship between these two factors. Design: During the academic year 2022-2023, this research was conducted with nursing students at a university in Istanbul, utilizing a cross-sectional and exploratory correlational design. The study involved 390 nursing students at the same university, aiming to reach the entire population without using any sampling method. Valid data were obtained from 374 students. The Student Information Form, University Students' Climate Change Awareness Scale and the Eco-anxiety Scale used as instruments for data collection. Subsequently, the data underwent analysis in a computational environment utilizing descriptive statistical methods and Pearson correlation analysis. Results: Most of the participants were female and single. The mean total global climate change awareness of the students was 75.072 +/- 15.094, and the mean general eco-anxiety of the students was 1.158 +/- 0.629. A weak positive relationship was found between the total global climate change awareness and general environmental concerns of the students participating in the study at r = 0.233 (p = 0.000 < 0.05). The level of awareness of climate change explains 5 % of nursing students' eco-anxiety levels. Conclusion: This study emphasizes a significant relationship between climate change awareness and increased ecological anxiety. Filling a gap in the field due to the lack of specific research focusing on nursing students highlights the importance of maintaining awareness to prevent ecological anxiety from reaching undesirable levels. This approach is crucial in actively encouraging nurses to contribute to developing educational curricula and environmentally friendly health policies.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106274
dc.identifier.issn0260-6917
dc.identifier.issn1532-2793
dc.identifier.pmid38865952
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85195579922
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106274
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12662/4701
dc.identifier.volume140
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001253363100001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherChurchill Livingstone
dc.relation.ispartofNurse Education Today
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250310
dc.subjectAwareness
dc.subjectAnxiety
dc.subjectClimate change
dc.subjectEco-anxiety
dc.subjectNursing students
dc.titleIs awareness of climate change a predictor of eco-anxiety? Research within the scope of nursing students
dc.typeArticle

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