A nine-item measure is constructed to assess leadership competence in climate change in adolescents. Reliability and validity are statistically verified via Cronbach’s alpha, Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin and Bartlett’s test, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, based on data of 624 students from Shanghai. The measure reflects internal consistency, factorial structure, and validity with Cronbach’s reliability coefficient of 0.84 on the whole. Test of measurement invariance indicates the measure’s sufficient stability with both calibration and validation samples. To represent its utility, this measure has been successfully applied to an empirical test. The results reveal differences between the genders, with female students’ leadership competence in climate change significantly higher than the males; positive associations between leadership competence in climate change, self-reported pro-climate behavior, and certain life experience have also been found, confirming our theoretical hypotheses. To conclude, the measure proves to be an empirically valid instrument that could help climate change educators measure leadership competence in climate change in adolescents through teaching and learning and hopefully cultivate more youth leadership in the context of climate change. Recommendations for application and future research are discussed.

构建了一个九项措施来评估青少年在气候变化方面的领导能力。根据来自上海的 624 名学生的数据，通过 Cronbach α、Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin 和 Bartlett 检验以及探索性和验证性因素分析对信度和效度进行了统计验证。该测量反映了内部一致性、因子结构和效度，Cronbach 信度系数总体为 0.84。测量不变性测试表明测量对校准和验证样本具有足够的稳定性。为了代表其效用，该措施已成功应用于实证检验。结果揭示了性别之间的差异，女学生在气候变化方面的领导能力显着高于男学生；还发现气候变化中的领导能力、自我报告的亲气候行为和某些生活经历之间存在正相关，证实了我们的理论假设。总而言之，该措施被证明是一种经验有效的工具，可以帮助气候变化教育者通过教学和学习来衡量青少年在气候变化方面的领导能力，并有望在气候变化的背景下培养更多的青年领导能力。讨论了应用和未来研究的建议。该措施被证明是一种经验有效的工具，可以帮助气候变化教育者通过教学和学习来衡量青少年在气候变化方面的领导能力，并有望在气候变化的背景下培养更多的青年领导能力。讨论了应用和未来研究的建议。该措施被证明是一种经验有效的工具，可以帮助气候变化教育者通过教学和学习来衡量青少年在气候变化方面的领导能力，并有望在气候变化的背景下培养更多的青年领导能力。讨论了应用和未来研究的建议。