Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41262948›Full record

ReviewCogent mental health2025

Towards a unified conceptual framework of eco-anxiety: mapping eco-anxiety through a scoping review.

Maxime Boivin, Anne-Sophie Gousse-Lessard, Nicolas Hamann Legris

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cogent mental health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. The causality problem in climate anxiety research.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2026
    Article
  4. Frontiers in public health · 2026
    Article
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Maxime BoivinInstitut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ), Université Laval, Quebec, Canada.
Anne-Sophie Gousse-LessardDepartment of social and public communication, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Montreal, Canada.
Nicolas Hamann LegrisDepartment of psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Growing awareness of climate change and other ecological crises presents significant challenges to both psychological well-being and collective resilience. Eco-anxiety, a form of psychological distress related to these threats, has garnered increasing attention but remains inconsistently defined and studied across the scientific literature. This scoping review synthesizes findings from 202 articles, examining the definitions, dimensions, correlates, and coping strategies associated with eco-anxiety. It highlights the implications of eco-anxiety for mental health, well-being, and environmental engagement. The review proposes a conceptual framework for understanding eco-anxiety and its related constructs, offering a structured synthesis of current knowledge. By identifying critical gaps, it provides directions for future research on eco-anxiety and the broader psychological impacts of climate change.

Indexed as

climate changeconceptual frameworkcopingeco-anxietyenvironmental engagementPsychological impactsscoping review

Identifiers

PMID41262948
PMCPMC12443025

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.