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The Covid-19 pandemic and climate change are two current crises happening at the same time. Prior research found that both crises have the potential to influence a person’s anxiety levels and mental health in general. The two types of anxiety Covid-19 anxiety and climate anxiety are still largely unexplored, and little is known about their association with each other. This study investigated Covid-19 anxiety and climate anxiety in relation to each other as well as the association of each concept with the concept of locus of control (LoC) and a set of explorative variables in a sample of 127 adult participants living in Germany or Sweden. The results showed that Covid-19 anxiety and climate anxiety were positively associated with each other. While Covid-19 anxiety was negatively associated with internal LoC and positively associated with powerful others LoC, climate anxiety showed positive associations with powerful others LoC and chance LoC. Both Covid-19 anxiety and climate anxiety were found to be more prevalent among individuals living in Germany and women. There was also a positive association between exposing oneself to media regarding the crises and Covid-19 anxiety as well as climate anxiety. Further research regarding the relationship between Covid-19 anxiety, climate anxiety, and LoC is needed for improved understanding of the relation between the two crises, politics and mental health in society with the final aim to optimize the planning of actions to counteract the crises and improve crisis-related psychological health in society.

The Covid-19 pandemic and climate change are two current crises happening at the same time. Prior research found that both crises have the potential to influence a person’s anxiety levels and mental health in general. The two types of anxiety Covid-19 anxiety and climate anxiety are still largely unexplored, and little is known about their association with each other. This study investigated Covid-19 anxiety and climate anxiety in relation to each other as well as the association of each concept with the concept of locus of control (LoC) and a set of explorative variables in a sample of 127 adult participants living in Germany or Sweden. The results showed that Covid-19 anxiety and climate anxiety were positively associated with each other. While Covid-19 anxiety was negatively associated with internal LoC and positively associated with powerful others LoC, climate anxiety showed positive associations with powerful others LoC and chance LoC. Both Covid-19 anxiety and climate anxiety were found to be more prevalent among individuals living in Germany and women. There was also a positive association between exposing oneself to media regarding the crises and Covid-19 anxiety as well as climate anxiety. Further research regarding the relationship between Covid-19 anxiety, climate anxiety, and LoC is needed for improved understanding of the relation between the two crises, politics and mental health in society with the final aim to optimize the planning of actions to counteract the crises and improve crisis-related psychological health in society.

The main purpose of this study is to examine the effect of anxiety that people experience due to the rapidly spreading Covid-19 on consumer behaviour. The sub-objectives of this study are to test the relationship among the anxiety caused by Covid-19, consumer behaviour and socio-demographic variables. In line with this purpose, qualitative research was conducted on 251 academicians working in Gaziantep University. Demographic information form, Death Anxiety Scale developed by Thorson and Powell (1992) and Consumer Behaviour Scale developed by Ang (2001) were conducted on the participants for data collection. The questionnaire was carried out online. The data obtained from the study were analyzed with statistical techniques such as factor analysis, correlation and regression analysis, independent sample T-test, and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The findings of the study showed that the deprivation and suffering dimensions of the anxiety caused by Covid-19 have significant effects on the dimensions of consumer behaviour. It has also been found that there are significant differences among the socio-demographic characteristics of the participants, the anxiety caused by Covid-19 and consumer behaviour.

The main purpose of this study is to examine the effect of anxiety that people experience due to the rapidly spreading Covid-19 on consumer behaviour. The sub-objectives of this study are to test the relationship among the anxiety caused by Covid-19, consumer behaviour and socio-demographic variables. In line with this purpose, qualitative research was conducted on 251 academicians working in Gaziantep University. Demographic information form, Death Anxiety Scale developed by Thorson and Powell (1992) and Consumer Behaviour Scale developed by Ang (2001) were conducted on the participants for data collection. The questionnaire was carried out online. The data obtained from the study were analyzed with statistical techniques such as factor analysis, correlation and regression analysis, independent sample T-test, and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The findings of the study showed that the deprivation and suffering dimensions of the anxiety caused by Covid-19 have significant effects on the dimensions of consumer behaviour. It has also been found that there are significant differences among the socio-demographic characteristics of the participants, the anxiety caused by Covid-19 and consumer behaviour.