Eco-Emotions and Pro-Environmental Behavior Survey Data from Dutch and German Participants

311 survey responses from a Dutch and German population examining relationships between eco-anxiety, eco-guilt, eco-grief, and pro-environmental behavior. The dataset includes demographic variables like age, gender, and proximity to water as moderators. Data was collected via an online survey and published by Michele Petkovski on figshare under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing correlations between eco-anxiety and pro-environmental behavior based on survey scores.
• Investigating the mediating role of eco-guilt on pro-environmental behavior using statistical models.
• Examining demographic moderation effects, such as age on the pathway from eco-anxiety to eco-guilt.
• Replicating mediation analyses for eco-emotions and behavior in a Western European context.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed (CC-BY-4.0) for reuse and redistribution.
• Focus on an understudied population (Dutch and German) at high risk for climate change effects like floods.
• Study design explicitly tests mediation and moderation models for three distinct eco-emotions.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The sample size of 311 participants may limit statistical power for subgroup analyses.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Michele Petkovski.

Collection Method

Cross-sectional data collected using an online survey.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 17:22:19; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Data collected from a Dutch and German population.