Existential Therapy for Children: Impact of a Philosophy for Children Intervention on Positive and Negative Indicators of Mental Health in Elementary School Children

Malboeuf‐Hurtubise, Catherine; Tomaso, Carina Di; Lefrançois, David; Mageau, Geneviève A.; Éthier, Marc‐André; Gagnon, Mathieu; Léger‐Goodes, Terra

doi:10.3390/ijerph182312332

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“…Philosophy for children (P4C), a pedagogical approach that promotes critical thinking, caring, creative reasoning and inquiry in schools, is a good example of an intervention that can promote meaning making. Moreover, although it was not initially developed with the aim of having an impact on children's mental health, P4C has been shown to improve children's mental health (107,108). By fostering greater resiliency and self-determined motivation in children, P4C (and other similar interventions) could also promote greater engagement about the climate crisis and perhaps reduce distressing levels of eco-anxiety for some children.…”

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“…This may help address existential threats that are provoked by climate change and foster meaning in life, namely through coherence with one's values (i.e., selfdetermined motivation) and overall purpose, appropriate to their developmental level (114). Furthermore, previous work on P4C and mental health brings us to conclude that when children are faced with existential questions, supporting them in reflecting and developing critical thinking skills about these questions improves their wellbeing and self-determination (107,108).…”

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Meaning making and fostering radical hope: applying positive psychology to eco-anxiety research in youth

Malboeuf-Hurtubise,

Léger-Goodes,

Herba

et al. 2024

Front. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry

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The consequences of human activity on climate change are increasingly apparent. For example, they are causing ecological degradation and affecting human and animal health. Rightly so, it is considered as the most important challenge of this century. Researchers in psychology and mental health developed an interest in the direct and indirect effects of climate and ecological change on people's psychological wellbeing, which is referred to as a concept described as eco-anxiety or eco-distress. It is worth emphasizing that climate issues are taking a larger place in the school curriculum for youth in elementary, middle and high schools. Youth are thus increasingly aware of the major threat and understandably report legitimate concerns and worries. For some youth, eco-anxiety leads to greater involvement and activism, as can be seen by the international movement set out and led by youth activist Greta Thunberg. However, eco-anxiety can also lead to feelings of hopelessness and disengagement. Despite contributing the least to the climate and ecological crises, youth will be most affected by the impacts, and will carry the burden of the climate crisis throughout their lives. Researchers, educators and mental health professionals must therefore find ways to foster youth psychosocial wellbeing and resilience alongside ensuring that their voices are heard. To this end, it is vital that young people feel able to openly discuss climate change and associated issues alongside the distressing thoughts and feelings they engender. This can be supported by using various psychological approaches to develop effective interventions. Researchers and clinicians in child mental health could gain from drawing from research in positive psychology to develop such interventions. In this review and commentary, we will outline how eco-anxiety and child psychological wellbeing can be framed within a positive psychology framework, including the relevance of self-determined motivation. Insights from interventions based on positive psychology including exercises to foster hope, forgiveness and meaning making will also be discussed. We will highlight how such interventions can be adapted as powerful tools to foster child wellbeing and cope with their eco-anxiety.

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Section: Philosophy For Children (P4c) and Existential Psychologymentioning

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Section: Philosophy For Children (P4c) and Existential Psychologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Meaning making and fostering radical hope: applying positive psychology to eco-anxiety research in youth

Malboeuf-Hurtubise,

Léger-Goodes,

Herba

et al. 2024

Front. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry

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“…This means that this approach can be used in tackling bullying behaviour in students. This is also proven by the results of previous research, which revealed that existential counseling could be used to overcome trauma in clients who are victims of bullying (Tambunan, 2021), reducing anxiety in the future (Sa'adah, 2020), improving the meaningfulness of the lives of people suffering from HIV-AIDS (Yulianti et al, 2020), reduces hedonic behaviour (Fitri et al, 2019), overcoming a situation of loneliness in LGBTQ+ Clients (Ratanashevorn & Brown, 2021), reducing bullying behaviour (Kartianti & Asgar, 2021), overcoming burnout syndrome (Ulrichová, 2012), reducing post-traumatic symptoms of stress disorder (Solgi & Ghazi, 2022), improves mental health (Malboeuf-Hurtubise et al, 2021), improves self-concept, social interaction and lowers anxiety (Modjo, 2021). From several previous research results, it is further strengthened that the existential therapy approach has been proven and tested in solving various client problems…”

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The Impact Of Using Existential Therapy To Build Awareness Of Death For Victims Of Bullying

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Bullying is a very troubling phenomenon in society that occurs almost worldwide. Bullying has also penetrated the world of education, such as universities. This study aims to look at the impact of existential therapy in building awareness of death for bullies. The research method is experimental with a pretest and posttest design approach. The subjects of this study were active students in the odd semester of the 2021/2022 academic year at college X, and samples were taken with purposive sampling techniques totaling ten people. The data were revealed using a validated and tested bullying comprehension questionnaire. Descriptive data were processed using an interval formula to see the impact of existential therapy on building awareness of death for bullies who used Wilcoxon signed-rank tests. The results showed that the awareness of the death of bullies became better so that they no longer had the desire to commit bullying actions. The researchers are further expected to develop a group guidance model with an existential therapy approach to prevent bullying behavior in college students

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Existential Psychology and Religious Worldview in the Practice of Pastoral Counseling

Serra

2024

Pastoral Psychol

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Existential Therapy for Children: Impact of a Philosophy for Children Intervention on Positive and Negative Indicators of Mental Health in Elementary School Children

Cited by 5 publications

References 48 publications

Meaning making and fostering radical hope: applying positive psychology to eco-anxiety research in youth

Meaning making and fostering radical hope: applying positive psychology to eco-anxiety research in youth

The Impact Of Using Existential Therapy To Build Awareness Of Death For Victims Of Bullying

Existential Psychology and Religious Worldview in the Practice of Pastoral Counseling

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