Research shows that eco-anxiety is implicated in mental health outcomes and pro-environmental behaviour, but little attention has been given to disentangling the effects of specific dimensions of eco-anxiety on indicators of mental health and pro-environmental behaviour. Using Australian cross-sectional data ( = 476), we first examined the unique associations between eco-anxiety dimensions, mental wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviour, and then, using longitudinal data ( = 161), the stability of and associations between eco-anxiety dimensions across time. Cross-sectional analyses showed that symptomatic aspects of eco-anxiety (i.e., affective and behavioural symptoms) were uniquely associated with poorer mental health, while rumination and anxiety about impacting the planet were uniquely associated with more pro-environmental behaviour. We also test the proposition from previous researchers that the relationship between eco-anxiety and pro-environmental behaviour is curvilinear (i.e., high levels of eco-anxiety contribute to eco-paralysis). Our longitudinal data showed that people maintain similar levels of eco-anxiety across a two-week period, and provided preliminary support for rumination and personal impact eco-anxiety contributing to subsequent symptomatic eco-anxiety. Together these findings further our understanding of the nature of eco-anxiety and highlight the potential role different aspects of the phenomenon play in shaping people's mental wellbeing and engagement with environmental solutions.

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阐明生态焦虑、福祉和亲环境行为之间关联的本质

研究表明，生态焦虑与心理健康结果和亲环境行为有关，但很少有人关注生态焦虑的特定维度对心理健康和亲环境行为指标的影响。使用澳大利亚横截面数据（= 476），我们首先研究了生态焦虑维度、心理健康和亲环境行为之间的独特关联，然后使用纵向数据（= 161）研究了生态焦虑维度、心理健康和环保行为之间的稳定性和关联性。随时间变化的焦虑维度。横断面分析表明，生态焦虑的症状（即情感和行为症状）与较差的心理健康状况独特相关，而对影响地球的沉思和焦虑则与更环保的行为独特相关。我们还测试了先前研究人员的主张，即生态焦虑与亲环境行为之间的关系是曲线的（即，高水平的生态焦虑导致生态瘫痪）。我们的纵向数据显示，人们在两周内保持相似的生态焦虑水平，并为反思和个人影响生态焦虑导致随后的症状性生态焦虑提供了初步支持。这些发现进一步加深了我们对生态焦虑本质的理解，并强调了该现象的不同方面在塑造人们的心理健康和参与环境解决方案方面所发挥的潜在作用。