Effects and mechanisms of the Public Climate School - a school-based program on climate education for students: A pre-post design study

Effects and mechanisms of the Public Climate School - a school-based program on climate education for students: A pre-post design study - PCS2023-study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00032981

Enrollment

300

Registered

2023-11-02

Start date

2023-11-07

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Non-clinical population (in some instances low psychological well-being due to the climate crisis)

Interventions

Group 1: Public Climate School project week The Public Climate School is a one-week school-based program on climate change education developed by Klimabildung e.V. - together with scientists and othe

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: School students of participating classes (grade level: 7-13)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Changes by 12 weeks after the intervention (T1-T3): Civic engagement for climate protection (adapted from Eichinger et al., 2022; Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, nukleare Sicherheit und Verbraucherschutz, 2022). Changes by 1 week after the intervention (T1-T2): Behavioral intentions related to civic engagement for climate protection (adapted from Eichinger et al., 2022; Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, nukleare Sicherheit und Verbraucherschutz, 2022).	—

Measure

Time frame

Changes by 12 weeks after the intervention (T1-T3): Civic engagement for climate protection (adapted from Eichinger et al., 2022; Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, nukleare Sicherheit und Verbraucherschutz, 2022). Changes by 1 week after the intervention (T1-T2): Behavioral intentions related to civic engagement for climate protection (adapted from Eichinger et al., 2022; Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, nukleare Sicherheit und Verbraucherschutz, 2022).

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Changes by 12 weeks after the intervention (T1-T3): Subjective health status (adapted from Barkman et al., 2021). Psychological well-being (adapted from Barkman et al., 2021) Changes by 1 week after the intervention (T1-T2): Climate change-related negative affect: feel powerless, feel hopeless (adapted from Breyer & Bluemke, 2016). Self-efficacy related to civic engagement for climate protection (adapted from Eichinger et al., 2022) Collective efficacy (adapted from Eichinger et al., 2022) Environmental norms (adapted from Eichinger et al., 2022) Identification with people engaging for climate protection (adapted from Eichinger et al., 2022) Pro-environmental behavior (adapted from Eichinger et al., 2022) Behavioral intentions for pro-environmental behavior (adapted from Eichinger et al., 2022)	—

Measure

Time frame

Changes by 12 weeks after the intervention (T1-T3): Subjective health status (adapted from Barkman et al., 2021). Psychological well-being (adapted from Barkman et al., 2021) Changes by 1 week after the intervention (T1-T2): Climate change-related negative affect: feel powerless, feel hopeless (adapted from Breyer & Bluemke, 2016). Self-efficacy related to civic engagement for climate protection (adapted from Eichinger et al., 2022) Collective efficacy (adapted from Eichinger et al., 2022) Environmental norms (adapted from Eichinger et al., 2022) Identification with people engaging for climate protection (adapted from Eichinger et al., 2022) Pro-environmental behavior (adapted from Eichinger et al., 2022) Behavioral intentions for pro-environmental behavior (adapted from Eichinger et al., 2022)

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactJan;Phillip Keller;Gutberlet

Gesundheitspsychologie, Erziehungswissenschaft und Psychologie, Freie Universität Berlin;Klimabildung e.V.

jan.keller@fu-berlin.de;studie@publicclimateschool.de+49 30 838 54906;

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026