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| 767-2023-1376 | Other Grant/Funding Number | Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) |
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| Bishop's University | OTHER |
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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.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Creative arts an philosophy inquiry intervention | Experimental | 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) |
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| Wait-list control group | No Intervention |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Making room for climate emotions in the classroom | Behavioral | 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. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Coping with climate change | 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. | Baseline and 8 weeks |
| Eco-anxiety | 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). | Baseline and 8 weeks |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Intolerance to distress | The Distress Intolerance Index for Youth (Keller, 2019) uses a 5-point Likert type scale (0 = Not at all true for me to 4 = Very true for me), and higher scores indicate higher intolerance to distress (worst outcome). | Baseline and 8 weeks |
| General anxiety |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Bishop's University | Sherbrooke | Quebec | J1M 1Z7 | Canada |
De-identified individual participant data (IPD) collected in this study will not be made publicly available, but can be obtained by contacting the researchers directly.
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Randomized cluster trial
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The Behavior Assessment Scale for Children 3rd edition for Canadian francophones (BASC-III; Reynolds & Kamphaus, 2015) uses a Likert-type scale (0 = never to 3 = almost always), and higher scores indicate higher anxiety symptoms (worst outcome). |
| Baseline and 8 weeks |
| Self-determination | The Self-Determination at School Scale (Savard et al., 2013) uses a 5-point Likert-type scale (from 0 = Almost never to 4 = Almost always) where higher scores indicate higher levels of self-determination (better outcome). | Baseline and 8 weeks |