Engaging Young People in Climate Change Action: A Scoping Review of Sustainability Programs
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Study Locations, Designs and Methods
3.2. Study Theories and Frameworks
3.3. Program Content and Activities
3.4. Outcome Measures
3.5. Factors Influencing Program Outcomes
3.5.1. External Factors
Social Environment
Place
Knowledge Development
Leadership
Goal Setting
3.5.2. Internal Factors
Self-Efficacy
Identity, Agency, and Action Competence
Systems Thinking
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Inclusion Criteria | Exclusion Criteria |
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Research Methods | No. of Articles | % of Articles |
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Interviews | 18 | 37.5% |
Focus Groups | 4 | 8% |
Observation | 6 | 12.5% |
Surveys | 29 | 60% |
Document analysis | 5 | 10% |
Blogs/posts | 2 | 4% |
Group Discussion | 1 | 2% |
Item analysis | 1 | 2% |
Research Design | No. of Articles | % of Articles * | Authors |
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Quasi-experiment | 7 | 15% | Barata et al. [18]; Bissinger and Bogner [19]; Ernst et al. [20]; Flora et al. [21]; Ngo et al. [22]; Spangenberger et al. [23]; Vanatamay [24] |
Mixed-methods quasi-experiment designs | 4 | 8% | Marques et al. [25]; Riemer et al. [26]; Senbel et al. [27]; Stevenson et al. [28] |
Case study designs | 11 | 23% | Brigham and Imbertson [29]; Cheng et al. [30]; Griffin et al. [31]; Hehir et al. [32]; Kuthe et al. [33]; Mackay et al. [34]; Ouariachi et al. [35]; Sayal et al. [36]; Townrow et al. [37]; Williams et al. [38]; Young et al. [39] |
Intervention study | 3 | 6% | Lim et al. [40]; Lindemann-Matthies et al. [41]; Whitehair et al. [42] |
Ordered probit | 1 | 2% | Hooi Ting et al. [43] |
Randomised control trial | 1 | 2% | Cornelius et al. [44] |
Participatory, utilization-focused evaluation | 1 | 2% | Blythe et al. [45] |
Impact evaluation | 1 | 2% | Dann and Schroeder et al. [46] |
Between subjects experiment | 2 | 4% | Bekker et al. [47]; Trujillo et al. [48] |
Mixed methods | 6 | 12% | Becker-Leifhold and Hirscher [49]; de Vreede et al. [50]; Leitão, [51]; Selby et al. [52]; Tanye et al. [53]; Walsh and Cordero [54] |
Ethnography | 3 | 6% | Birmingham and Calabrese [55]; Ceaser et al. [56]; Oe et al. [57] |
Pilot intervention | 1 | 2% | Rudd et al. [58] |
Critical sociocultural analysis | 1 | 2% | Stapleton [59] |
Exploratory content analysis | 2 | 4% | Ruppert-Stroescu et al. [60]; Gallay et al. [61] |
Participatory action research | 1 | 2% | Molderez [62] |
Interpretivist approach | 1 | 2% | Zhang et al. [63] |
Cross-sectional survey | 1 | 2% | Liao and Li [64] |
Qualitative description | 1 | 2% | Pickering et al. [65] |
Discipline | Theory/Framework/Model | Authors |
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Environment | Place-based or attachment theories | Birmingham and Calabrese, [55]; Dann et al. [46] |
Environmental Identity theory (Clayton) | Young et al. [39]; Walsh and Cordero [54] | |
Psychology | Social Identity theory | Hehir et al. [32] |
Message Representation and Construal Level Theory (CLT) | Ngo et al. [22] | |
Social Capital Theory | Cornelius et al. [44]; Mackay et al. [34] | |
Theory of Change | Blythe and Harre [45]; Brigham and Imbertson [29] | |
Social Environmental Identity | Stapleton [59] | |
Theory of Commitment | Barata et al. [18] | |
Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) | Hooi Ting and Chin Cheng [43]; Molderez [62]; Liao and Li [64]; Lim et al. [40] | |
Norm activation theory | Hooi Ting and Chin Cheng [43] | |
Psycho-social framework | Townrow et al. [37]; Ernst et al. [20] | |
Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion | Whitehair et al. [42] | |
Personal and social norm approach | Trujillo et al. [48] | |
Social Sciences | Community-Based Social Marketing Approach | Vantamay [24] |
Critical Theory | Ceaser et al. [56] | |
Social Practice Theory | Williams and Chawla [38] | |
Education | Climate Change Education (CCE) | Rudd et al. [58] |
Environmental Literacy | Bissinger and Bogner [19] | |
Transformative Learning | Blythe and Harre [45] | |
Theory of Engagement | Riemer et al. [26] | |
Pedagogical Learning Theory | Becker-Leifhold and Hirscher [49] | |
Community-as-pedagogy framework | Selby et al. [52] | |
21st Century Skills Framework | Pickering et al. [65] | |
ESD framework | Oe et al. [57] | |
Place-based civic science pedagogy model | Gallay et al. [61] | |
Behavioral Economics | Choice architecture | Trujillo et al. [48] |
Public Health | Health Belief Model | Lim et al. [40] |
Quantitative Outcome Measure | Authors |
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Place | |
Place attachment | Dann and Schroeder [46] |
Stewardship | Dann and Schroeder [46] |
Self | |
Agency | Riemer et al. [26]; Walsh and Cordero et al. [54] |
Nature in self | Hehir et al. [32] |
Self-efficacy | Cornelius et al. [44] |
Self-perceived attitudes | Dann and Schroeder [46] |
Social identity | Hehir et al. [32] |
Behavior | |
Climate friendly behavior | Kuthe et al. [33]; Lim et al. [40] |
Energy saving behavior | Cornelius et al. [44] |
Environmental action | Barata et al. [18]; Flora et al. [21]; Hooi Ting [43]; Riemer et al. [26]; Stevenson et al. [28] |
General ecological behavior | Hehir et al. [32]; Trujillo et al. [48] |
Attitudes, intentions and norms | |
Attitudes towards pro-environmental behavior | Vantamay [24]; Ernst et al. [20] |
Behavioral intentions | Bissinger and Bogner [19]; Dann and Schroeder [46]; Bissinger and Bogner [19]; de Vreede et al. [50]; Lim et al. [40] |
Concern for the environment | de Vreede [50] |
Importance of environmental sustainability | Cornelius et al. [44] |
Subjective norms | Vantamay [24] |
Knowledge | |
Knowledge | Bissinger and Bogner [19]; Cornelius et al. [44]; Flora et al. [21]; Griffin et al.; Kuthe et al. [33]; Leitão et al. [51]; Stevenson et al. [28] |
Qualitative Elements | Authors |
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Behavior | Lim et al. [40]; Lindemann-Matthies et al. [41]; Oe et al. [57]; Ouariachi et al. [35]; Trujillo et al. [48]; Zhang and Gibson [63] |
Critical thinking | Rudd et al. [58] |
Ecological and systems thinking | Molderez [62] |
Environmental action | Ceaser [56]; Gallay et al. [61] |
Environmental identity | Stapleton et al. [59]; Williams and Chawla [38] |
Intention | Lim et al. [40]; Cheng et al. [30] |
Leadership skills | Mackay et al. [34] |
Sustainability-related attitudes | Oe et al., 2022; Zhang and Gibson, 2021; Oe et al., 2022 |
Systems thinking | Sayal et al. [36]; Young et al. [39] |
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Hohenhaus, M.; Boddy, J.; Rutherford, S.; Roiko, A.; Hennessey, N. Engaging Young People in Climate Change Action: A Scoping Review of Sustainability Programs. Sustainability 2023, 15, 4259. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054259
Hohenhaus M, Boddy J, Rutherford S, Roiko A, Hennessey N. Engaging Young People in Climate Change Action: A Scoping Review of Sustainability Programs. Sustainability. 2023; 15(5):4259. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054259
Chicago/Turabian StyleHohenhaus, Madeleine, Jennifer Boddy, Shannon Rutherford, Anne Roiko, and Natasha Hennessey. 2023. "Engaging Young People in Climate Change Action: A Scoping Review of Sustainability Programs" Sustainability 15, no. 5: 4259. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054259
APA StyleHohenhaus, M., Boddy, J., Rutherford, S., Roiko, A., & Hennessey, N. (2023). Engaging Young People in Climate Change Action: A Scoping Review of Sustainability Programs. Sustainability, 15(5), 4259. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054259