Table 2.

Rotated factor loadings for the climate questionnaire (n = 65)

	Mean	1	2	3
Expected consequences 1.) I expect that the consequences of climate change will directly damage people’s health.	80.4	−0.1	0.9	0.1
2.) I expect that the consequences of climate change will directly harm the health of the patients…	69.4	0.0	0.7	−0.1
3.) I expect the consequences of climate change to lead to an increase in the number of…	70.5	0.1	0.7	0.0
4.) I expect the consequences of climate change to affect human health by changing the quality…	82.2	0.0	0.9	0.0
Individual responsibility 1.) The rise in temperature is almost entirely due to man-made greenhouse gas emissions.	72.3	−0.1	−0.0	0.5
2.) A party’s ecopolitical program influences my decision whether to vote for a party…	74.6	0.1	0.1	0.7
3.) I try to avoid plastic waste because of climate change.	78.3	0.1	0.0	0.7
Professional responsibility 1.) As a physician, I have a high degree of social responsibility with regard to climate change…	46.4	0.7	0.2	−0.2
2.) As a physician, I function as a social role model with regard to climate change.	56.7	0.8	0.1	−0.0
3.) As a physician, I have a social educational role with regard to climate change.	40.9	0.8	−0.1	0.1
4.) As a physician, I have an informational role for my patients with regard to climate change.	38.2	0.8	−0.1	0.1
5.) As a physician, I function as a role model for my patients with regard to climate change.	53.8	0.7	0.1	0.0
Data are single item mean scores and item loadings to the 3 factors (1 to 3) with eigenvalues greater than 1.