Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: AMANDA GARCIA DANTAS

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : AMANDA GARCIA DANTAS
DATE: 09/09/2026
TIME: 10:00
LOCAL: IE
TITLE:

STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLIMATE
ANXIETY, GENDER AND SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY IN
EARLY CHILDHOOD

 

KEY WORDS:

eco-anxiety; early childhood; intersectionality; ecological insertion; social
technologies.

PAGES: 118
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Psicologia
SUBÁREA: Psicologia do Desenvolvimento Humano
SPECIALTY: Processos Perceptuais e Cognitivos; Desenvolvimento
SUMMARY:

Climate anxiety constitutes a growing and well-documented emotional phenomenon among
adolescents and adults, but its manifestations in early childhood remain understudied,
particularly in contexts of socio-environmental vulnerability and from a gender perspective.
In Brazil, this insufficiency of research becomes even more critical. The scarcity of scientific
production on the topic compromises the capacity of health and education professionals to
respond to the psychological impacts of the climate crisis on young children. This thesis
investigates manifestations of climate anxiety in early childhood, understood as the period
between zero and six years of age, in contexts of socio-environmental vulnerability, with
emphasis on gender differences and on the relationship between eco-anxiety and general
childhood anxiety. The research is structured around three complementary and interrelated
studies. Study 1 consists of an integrative literature review on emotional manifestations
related to climate change in children within this age range, with emphasis on gender
differences and contexts of socio-environmental vulnerability. Study 2, empirical, cross-
sectional, and quali-quantitative in design, investigates how young children construct meaning
and express emotions associated with the climate crisis, through the Ecological Insertion
methodology, grounded in Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Theory of Human Development,
combining psychometric assessment using the Teacher Report Form from the ASEBA
system, a semi-structured questionnaire, and drawing as an expressive resource. Study 3
consists of the development of a socio-emotional intervention aimed at managing climate
anxiety in early childhood, as well as a science documentary intended for scientific outreach
and social awareness, situated within the field of Social Technologies. The research is guided
by an intersectional perspective, which considers gender and territorial context as dimensions
that structure children's emotional experiences in the face of the climate crisis. The empirical
field comprises early childhood education institutions from public and private networks in
two municipalities in the state of Rio de Janeiro, with distinct profiles of socio-environmental
vulnerability.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1808252 - ANA CLAUDIA DE AZEVEDO PEIXOTO
Interno - 1868924 - WANDERSON FERNANDES DE SOUZA
Externa ao Programa - 1770453 - CARLA CRISTINE VICENTE - UFRRJExterna à Instituição - CRISTIANE MOREIRA DA SILVA - UCP
Externa à Instituição - OLGA DA GAMA LOBO CAMBACO