Eco-Anxiety Questionnaire

The turmoil caused by the impact of the climate crisis on the daily life of modern humans is so significant that a new term had to be coined to capture the unique nature of the distress it induces (Usher et al., 2019). Thus, the so-called “ecological anxiety” or “eco-anxiety” refers to any form of concern related to the reality of climate change and the loss of biodiversity (Hickman et al., 2021).

If you think this applies to you, please take a moment to complete this questionnaire and evaluate how you feel about climate change, environmental issues, and sustainability.

This questionnaire is fully anonymous. Your responses will not be connected to you in any way.

Please be mindful that this questionnaire is not a diagnostic tool. Anxiety is a feeling as well as a disorder (such as generalised anxiety disorder or GAD). Experiencing high anxiety does not mean you have a psychological disorder, but it may be an indicator if it affects your everyday life. If you notice a need for mental health support on the topic of eco-anxiety or any other, please reach out to a qualified mental health professional.

Each question below uses a 1–7 Likert scale and measures feelings, attitudes, or frequency where:

  • 1 = Strongly Disagree / Never / Not at All
  • 4 = Neither Agree nor Disagree / Sometimes / Moderately
  • 7 = Strongly Agree / Always / Extremely

Start your Eco-Anxiety Questionnaire

Usher, K., Durkin, J., & Bhullar, N. (2019). Eco-anxiety: How thinking about climate change-related environmental decline is affecting our mental health. International journal of mental health nursing, 28(6), 1233–1234. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12673 

Hickman, C., Marks, E., Pihkala, P., Clayton, S., Lewandowski, R. E., Mayall, E. E., Wray, B., Mellor, C., & van Susteren, L. (2021). Climate anxiety in children and young people and their beliefs about government responses to climate change: A global survey. The Lancet Planetary Health, 5(12), e863–e873. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2542-5196(21)00278-3