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Predicting the Development of Adult Nature Connection Through Nature Activities: Developing the Evaluating Nature Activities for Connection Tool [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Nature Connection (NC) is considered an important driver of conservation behavior. Consequently, conservation organizations run many activities aiming to increase NC among participants.
Victoria Carr, Joelene Hughes
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Understanding changes to children's connection to nature during the COVID‐19 pandemic and implications for child well‐being [PDF]

People and Nature, 2022
While psychological connection to nature is known to be associated with both pro‐environmental behaviours and well‐being, there is an urgent need to extend this research to consider impacts from the COVID‐19 lockdown period.
Samantha Friedman, Susan Imrie, Elian Fink, Mina Gedikoglu, Claire Hughes   +4 more
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The Impact of Gratitude on Connection With Nature: The Mediating Role of Positive Emotions of Self-Transcendence [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
Gratitude, as one of the positive emotions associated with self-transcendence, is also a moral and pro-social emotion with a pro-social nature. Therefore, in order to verify whether gratitude has the same effect as pro-social in promoting connection with
Li Chen, Jiangxin Liu, Lezhen Fu, Chang Guo, Yuhuan Chen   +4 more
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Influence of Positive and Threatening Awe on Pro-Environmental Behavior: The Mediating Role of Connection to Nature [PDF]

Behavioral Sciences
This study aimed to verify the effect of positive awe and explore the effect of threatening awe on promoting pro-environmental behavior, as well as examine the role of connection to nature in this relationship.
Jia Liu, Yongquan Huo, Jing Wang, Yangyu Du, Xiangyu Li   +4 more
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Connection to nature is predicted by family values, social norms and personal experiences of nature

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021
To achieve broad-based public support for conservation policies and actions, we need to understand what strengthens a person’s connection to nature, since that has been shown to translate into environmentally protective attitudes and behaviour.
R.R.Y. Oh, K.S. Fielding, L.T.P. Nghiem, C.C. Chang, L.R. Carrasco, R.A. Fuller   +5 more
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An Individual’s Connection to Nature Can Affect Perceived Restorativeness of Natural Environments. Some Observations about Biophilia [PDF]

Behavioral Sciences, 2018
This study investigates the relationship between the level to which a person feels connected to Nature and that person’s ability to perceive the restorative value of a natural environment.
Rita Berto, Giuseppe Barbiero, Pietro Barbiero, Giulio Senes   +3 more
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A lower connection to nature is related to lower mental health benefits from nature contact [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Increasing evidence demonstrates the psychological benefits of nature contact. However, the evidence is often established at the population level, and the individual differences in the psychological benefits gained from nature are considered negligible ...
Chia-chen Chang, Brenda B. Lin, Xiaoqi Feng, Erik Andersson, John Gardner, Thomas Astell-Burt   +5 more
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The mediating role of the connection with nature in the relationship between behavioral problems and emotion regulation in early childhood [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology
IntroductionThis study aims to investigate the mediating role of connection to nature in the relationship between behavioral problems and emotion regulation in preschool children.MethodsA cross-sectional research design was used to collect data from a ...
Melike Aykut, H. Gözde Ertürk Kara
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Pawsitive impact: exploring associations between pet keeping and connection to nature [PDF]

Scientific Reports
People spend less time in nature, contributing to a decline in connection with nature. Pets or companion animals play a prominent role in many people’s lives, yet quantitative empirical evidence on the relationship between pet keeping and connection to ...
Matthias Winfried Kleespies, Sebastian Schneider, Julia Delic, Lena Fauerbach, Vanessa Hama-Ali, Fiona Jennifer Herrmann, Isabel Kaiser, Melina Kurzawe, Elena Maria Mathes, Hannah Sandra Neuschwander, Paul Wilhelm Dierkes   +10 more
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Using nature-based citizen science initiatives to enhance nature connection and mental health

Frontiers in Environmental Science
The global rise in mental health issues underscores the critical importance of assessing the mental health benefits of engaging with nature. Beyond their primary aim of involving citizens in scientific data collection, nature-based citizen science ...
Rachel R. Y. Oh, Rachel R. Y. Oh, Andres F. Suarez-Castro, Richard A. Fuller, Michael Tervo, Kevin Rozario, Kevin Rozario, Kevin Rozario, Kevin Rozario, Birte Peters, Birte Peters, Shawan Chowdhury, Shawan Chowdhury, Shawan Chowdhury, Shawan Chowdhury, Julia von Gönner, Julia von Gönner, Julia von Gönner, Martin Friedrichs-Manthey, Martin Friedrichs-Manthey, Martin Friedrichs-Manthey, Ambros Berger, Tracy Schultz, Angela J. Dean, Angela J. Dean, Ayesha Tulloch, Aletta Bonn, Aletta Bonn, Aletta Bonn   +28 more
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