Environmental value development among preadolescents: a content analysis of reflective responses
- Title
- Environmental value development among preadolescents: a content analysis of reflective responses
- Creator
- Gopinath S.; K.C B.; Kumar A.
- Description
- Addressing the environmentally detrimental values prevalent in society in the context of rapid climate change is the need of the hour. Combining empathy with cognitive skills such as reflective thinking effectively creates new values among people. The present study attempts to reveal the pattern of environmental value development among 33 preadolescents by reflecting upon the empathy-generating story experiences and the related contents. The study is part of a more extensive quasi-experimental study, and it specifically performs a content analysis on the participants responses in their workbooks. Biospheric nature-related values are the most highly developed, and social justice is the least developed value, implying the need to focus more on the value of social justice. Stories are aids, and reflective thinking and empathetic elicitation are effective techniques for passing environmental values. Empathy generation instead of negative emotions from self-concern and emotion regulation through reflective thinking may be helpful to promote well-being in the context of climate change. Reflective thinking helps environmental value development by enhancing comprehension, emotion regulation, and self-awareness of values, implying a shift from telling the moral of a story to exploring the same through reflective thinking. 2025 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
- Source
- Reflective Practice
- Date
- 2025-01-01
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Subject
- climate change; empathy; Environmental education; environmental values; reflective-thinking
- Coverage
- Gopinath S., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India; K.C B., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India; Kumar A., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 14623943
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Article
Collection
Citation
Gopinath S.; K.C B.; Kumar A., “Environmental value development among preadolescents: a content analysis of reflective responses,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 25, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/12499.