Eco-anxiety and Coping in Children: Results From a Pilot Randomized Cluster Trial Evaluating the Impact of a Creative Arts and Philosophical Inquiry Intervention for Elementary School Students
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 87
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Coping with climate change
研究概览
简要总结
The present study aimed to evaluate the impacts of a school-based program that combined creative arts and philosophy inquiry to discuss climate change emotions with children. The objective was to determine if there were changes that could be seen in the group that participated in the weekly workshops (total of 7 workshops) compared to the group who did not participate (control group). A questionnaire was administered to all children before the intervention began and after it finished to compare scores on the variables of coping with climate change, eco-anxiety, intolerance to distress, general anxiety, and self-determination.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 8 Years 至 13 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Elementary school student in recruited classrooms
排除标准
- 未提供
研究组 & 干预措施
Creative arts an philosophy inquiry intervention
The intervention group received the one workshop per week for 7 weeks. Each workshop combined artistic creation and group philosophical inquiry on a certain theme related to climate change (e.g., responsibility, hope, the beauty of nature)
干预措施: Making room for climate emotions in the classroom (Behavioral)
Wait-list control group
结局指标
主要结局
Coping with climate change
时间窗: Baseline and 8 weeks
The Coping with Climate Change Scale for Adolescents developed by Ojala (2012) uses a Likert-type scale (0 = not true at all for me; 4 = completely true for me) to measure three coping dimensions (problem coping, avoidance coping, and meaning coping). Lower scores represent less usage of this coping strategy, while higher scores indicate high usage of this coping strategy.
Eco-anxiety
时间窗: Baseline and 8 weeks
The Hogg Eco-anxiety Scale (2021) was adapted to children by making the language more accessible. The scale is rated on a 4-point Likert type scale (0 = Never, 3 = Almost every day), and higher scores indicate higher eco-anxiety (worst outcomes).
次要结局
- Intolerance to distress(Baseline and 8 weeks)
- General anxiety(Baseline and 8 weeks)
- Self-determination(Baseline and 8 weeks)
研究者
Terra Léger-Goodes
Principal investigator
Université du Québec a Montréal