Framing the Climate Crisis: Effects of Gain- and Loss-Based Ecological Messages on Climate Anxiety and Sustainable Menstrual Product Choices
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 246
- Locations
- 1
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Background: Climate change is an increasing public health concern, with growing evidence linking climate change anxiety to health behaviors. Message framing (loss-framed, gain-framed, neutral) is a key strategy in behavioral medicine that may influence both emotional responses and environmentally related health behaviors, including menstrual product choices.
Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effects of message framing strategies on women's climate change anxiety, attitudes toward environmental sustainability of menstrual products, and menstrual product preference tendencies.
Keywords: Menstrual Hygiene Products, climate change, message framing, eco-anxiety, environmental sustainability, women's health
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Masking Description
Participants were not explicitly informed of their group assignment. Each participant was exposed only to the assigned text-based message condition through the online survey link.
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Women aged 18 to 45 years
- •Having regular menstrual cycles
- •Having sufficient proficiency in reading and understanding Turkish
- •Providing voluntary informed consent to participate
Exclusion Criteria
- •Women without a menstrual cycle
- •Menopausal women
- •Women with visual or cognitive impairments that prevent understanding the study messages
- •Participants who submitted incomplete survey forms
Investigators
Tuğba Tahta
Principal Investigator
Ankara Medipol University