NCT07095387

Pilot Study of a School Based Intervention for Coping With Climate Change

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 87 (actual)
• Sponsor: Université du Québec a Montréal · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 13 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Eco-anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Making room for climate emotions in the classroom	This intervention combined creative arts workshops using drawing, photography, painting and collage to introduce a theme related to climate change and promote emotional expression. The artistic creation was followed by a philosophical inquiry group discussion on a theme related to the artistic creation to allow critical thinking and sharing perceptions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-02-01
• Primary completion: 2024-04-28
• Completion: 2024-05-25
• First posted: 2025-07-31
• Last updated: 2025-07-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada