Children's Environmental Concerns: Expressing Ecophobia
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While numerous quantitative studies across disciplines have investigated children's knowledge and attitudes about environmental problems, few studies examine children's feelings about environmental problems—and even fewer have focused on the child's point of view. Through 50 in-depth interviews with urban children (ages 10–12) this research aimed to fill the scholarly gap in our understanding of children's environmental concerns by voicing children's feelings about environmental problems. Findings revealed 82% of children expressed fear, sadness, and anger when discussing their feelings about environmental problems. A majority of children also shared apocalyptic and pessimistic feelings about the future state of the planet. These results suggest that many children are “ecophobic” (i.e., fearful of environmental problems), which scholars argue may have serious implications for children's participation in environmental stewardship and conservation efforts more broadly. Understanding children's perspectives regarding these issues is critical, considering that children are important environmental stakeholders, consumers, residents, and future voters facing the pernicious effects of local and global environmental degradation.
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- Authors
- Strife, S. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Colorado Boulder (US)
- Corresponding author
- Strife, Susan Jean
- Venue
- The Journal of Environmental Education
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2012-01
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 37-54
- ISSN
- 0095-8964 (ISSN-L)
- 1940-1892
- OpenAlex
- W1994827999
- Cited by
- 190
- References
- 47
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 5
- FWCI
- 10.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Environmental Education (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Northwestern University
- Vlaamse regering
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Environmental and sustainability education
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Keywords
- ecophobia, children's emotions, urban children, environmental degradation
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