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Environmental Anxiety & GriefCHS✓ Validated
Climate Hope Scale
Ojala · 2012
Overview
Measures hope related to climate change, including belief in the possibility of positive change, confidence in human capacity to address climate challenges, and optimism about the future of the planet. Designed to capture the positive emotional dimension of climate psychology as a counterpart to measures of climate anxiety and distress.
Measure Details
Number of Items10 items
Response Scale5-point Likert (1 = Strongly Disagree, 5 = Strongly Agree)
Author(s)Ojala
Year Published2012
Internal Reliabilityα = .84
DomainEnvironmental Anxiety & Grief
Citation
Ojala, M. (2012). Hope and climate change: The importance of hope for environmental engagement among young people. Environmental Education Research, 18(5), 625–642.
Keywords
hopeclimate changeoptimismpositivefuturecapacityengagement
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At a Glance
Items10
Year2012
Reliabilityα = .84