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School-based Intervention to Address Climate Change Emotions

NCT06781788 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2025-08-05

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Summary

The goal of this study was to qualitatively document the social validity of an intervention combining creative arts and philosophy inquiry and to examine its acceptability, the perceived goals, and perceived benefits for children's mental health and ability to cope with climate change from the perspective of one elemetary-school class students and their teacher.

The guiding research question was: How do children and their teacher perceive the acceptability, the goals and the benefits of the intervention? The participants were asked to participate in a seven-week creative arts and philosophical inquiry intervention. Once a week, a research assistant led a workshop using creative arts and group philosophical inquiry to discuss the topic of climate change and the emotions that can arise. Students participated in a brief individual interview after the intervention. The teacher also participated in an individual online interview.

Conditions

  • Eco-anxiety

Interventions

OTHER

Making room for climate emotions in the classroom

The "Making room for climate emotions in the classroom" program is designed to address emotions as students learn (formally or informally) about climate change. Each session features a drawing, photography, Lego sculpture, rock painting or collage/drawing workshop to address themes, explore emotions/feelings/experiences and initiate discussions on topics related to climate change.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bishop's University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Université du Québec a Montréal

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-10-01
Primary Completion
2024-01-19
Completion
2024-01-19

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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