Editorial: Climate change anxiety

Matteo Innocenti; Alessandro von Gal; Laura Piccardi; Joshua M Carlson; Francisco Sampaio; John Jamir Benzon Aruta

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1812351

Editorial: Climate change anxiety

Front Psychol. 2026 Mar 13:17:1812351. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1812351. eCollection 2026.

Authors

Matteo Innocenti¹, Alessandro von Gal², Laura Piccardi^{2

3}, Joshua M Carlson⁴, Francisco Sampaio⁵, John Jamir Benzon Aruta⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
² Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
³ IRCCS San Raffaele Cassino, Cassino, Italy.
⁴ Department of Psychological Science, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI, United States.
⁵ RISE-Health, Nursing School, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
⁶ De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines.

No abstract available

Keywords: adolescents; climate change anxiety; climate emotions; climate worry; eco-anxiety; mental health; pro-environmental behavior; psychometrics.

Publication types

Editorial