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OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the effects of climate change anxiety and environmental sustainability attitudes on pro-environmental behaviors among nursing students. As the core workforce of future nursing, nursing students must adapt to all nursing environments affected by climate change and be empowered to address its risks and impacts. They can play a crucial role in contributing to a healthy environment by enhancing their capacity to respond to climate change and practicing pro-environmental behaviors. METHODS: Data were collected from April 15 to 22, 2024, through an online survey distributed to junior and senior nursing students with clinical experience. Responses from 334 participants were analyzed using multiple regression analysis to examine the relationships between climate change anxiety, environmental sustainability attitudes, and pro-environmental behaviors. RESULTS: Multiple regression analysis revealed environmental sustainability attitudes, cognitive impairment (a subfactor of climate change anxiety), academic year, and gender (in decreasing order of effect size) to be significant predictors of pro-environmental behaviors. The regression model explained 15% of the variance in pro-environmental behaviors. CONCLUSIONS: Higher environmental sustainability attitudes and lower levels of cognitive anxiety are associated with an increase in pro-environmental behaviors. To boost such behaviors among nursing students, enhancing environmental sustainability attitudes and effectively managing climate change anxiety, specifically cognitive impairment, are essential. Copyright © 2025. Published by Elsevier B.V.

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