Nature contact, nature connectedness and associations with health, wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviours
dc.contributor.author | Martin, L | |
dc.contributor.author | White, MP | |
dc.contributor.author | Hunt, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Richardson, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Pahl, Sabine | |
dc.contributor.author | Burt, J | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-19T16:31:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-05-19T16:31:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-04 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0272-4944 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1522-9610 | |
dc.identifier.other | 101389 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/15691 | |
dc.description | 24 month embargo required by publisher. | |
dc.description.abstract |
Contact with, and psychological connectedness to the natural world are both associated with various health and sustainability-related outcomes. To date, though, the evidence base has been fragmented. Using a representative sample of the adult population of England (N = 4,960), we investigated the relationships between three types of nature contact, psychological connectedness, health, subjective wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviours within a single study. We found that specific types of nature contact, as well as individual differences in nature connectedness, were differentially associated with aspects of health, well-being and pro-environmental behaviours. Living in a greener neighbourhood was, unrelated to any wellbeing or sustainability outcomes. By contrast, visiting nature ≥ once a week was positively associated with general health and household pro-environmental behaviours. Moreover, people who watched/listened to nature documentaries reported higher levels of both pro-environmental behaviours. Nature connectedness was positively related to eudaimonic wellbeing and both types of pro-environmental behaviour. Moreover, connectedness moderated key relationships between nature contact, wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviours. The complexity of our findings suggests that interventions increasing both contact with, and connection to nature, are likely to be needed in order to achieve synergistic improvements to human and planetary health. | |
dc.format.extent | 101389-101389 | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier BV | |
dc.subject | 2.3 Psychological, social and economic factors | |
dc.subject | Generic health relevance | |
dc.title | Nature contact, nature connectedness and associations with health, wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviours | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
plymouth.author-url | https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000526976900008&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=11bb513d99f797142bcfeffcc58ea008 | |
plymouth.volume | 68 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published | |
plymouth.journal | Journal of Environmental Psychology | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101389 | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Health | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA04 Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA04 Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience/UoA04 Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience MANUAL | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (CBCB) | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (CBCB)/Behaviour | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Institute of Health and Community | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-01-13 | |
dc.rights.embargodate | 2022-1-18 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1522-9610 | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101389 | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2020-04 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
plymouth.funder | Using Natural Environments to Reduce Craving: Affective and Cognitive Mechanisms::ESRC |