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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"connectedness to nature"”.
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Connectedness to nature : comparing rural and urban youths’ relationships with nature
… world instead of maintaining a connection to the earth. Today‘s youth face a plethora of factors that discourage them from developing significant relationships with nature. This study was designed to determine which factors had significant impacts upon rural (n=50) and urban youths‘ (n=42) …
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Eco-Art therapy's Effect on Existential Well-Being and Connectedness to Nature with Families Experiencing Bereavement
<p>The intent of this thesis grant proposal is to secure funding for a six week art psychotherapy bereavement program incorporating nature-based art making for families who have recently experience loss of a family member. The proposed ecopsychology art therapy group will serve as an adjunct to an …
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Komorebi : embedding dappled sunlight in the built environment
Humans are increasingly disconnected from nature. Urbanization, resource exploitation, and changes in ways of living have diminished people's access to nature. Exposure to nature is beneficial to human beings in many aspects. Researches in environmental psychology and public health have shown the …
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Embodied Virtual Reality: The Impacts of Human-Nature Connection During Engineering Design
The engineering design process can underutilize nature-based solutions during infrastructure development. Instances of nature within the built environment are reflections of the human-nature connection, which may alter how designers ideate solutions to a given design task, especially through …
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When nature speaks : evoking connectedness with nature in children through role-play in outdoor programming
Research was conducted to determine if role-play, when utilized within environmental education programs, could strengthen feelings of connection to nature in children. Six classes participated in the study through taking part in a field trip at the Devonian Botanic Garden; a department of the …
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Forming preschoolers' environmental attitude : lasting effects of early childhood environmental education
Since 1987, the Kerry Wood Nature Centre has run a nature preschool for three-five old children. This study shows the affect it had on the environmental attitudes of former participants, who were 10-12 years old at the time of this study. Interviews and questionnaires with former participants, …
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Helping Nature: The Impact of Exposure to Nature on Prosociality and Sustainability
… states that humans have an innate need to connect with nature because it was evolutionarily adaptive for our survival. Research shows that nature exposure provides many physical and psychological benefits, and that nature relatedness is positively associated with environmentalism and …
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Cross-cultural differences in environmental valuation: a choice modelling application to water resources in the Waikato
… Māori and Western utilitarian approaches to waterways and their management support the possibility that strong cultural differences in environmental perspectives may exist. Failure to account for these differences could lead to misrepresentation of the strengths of cross-cultural …
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Evoking the Art of Nature
<p>This international study aimed to investigate the therapeutic potential of nature-based art therapy, an innovative approach that combines artmaking with the healing power of nature. The research aimed to examine the synergistic effects of nature and artmaking, as well as the impact of the …
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Exteroceptive influences on total mood disturbance and perceived stress during green exercise
… repeatedly been shown through empirical research to be beneficial for psychological health. However, very little is known about the underlying cognitive mechanisms responsible for these benefits. Literature suggests that it may be an innate human connectedness to nature, and that natural …
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The Effect of Awe on Depression: A Systematic Review of Experimental Studies. DartmAwe: Nature and Cognitive Change
Nature Based Interventions (NBIs) have attracted attention in recent years for their potential to meaningfully improve wellbeing and reduce symptoms of depression. Among many hypothesised mechanisms of action, is the emotion of awe. There is evidence that experiencing awe in nature is beneficial …
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The Effect of Awe on Depression: A Systematic Review of Experimental Studies. DartmAwe: Nature and Cognitive Change
Nature Based Interventions (NBIs) have attracted attention in recent years for their potential to meaningfully improve wellbeing and reduce symptoms of depression. Among many hypothesised mechanisms of action, is the emotion of awe. There is evidence that experiencing awe in nature is beneficial …
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There might be a frog in McElligot's Pool: a study of the habitat characteristics and social factors associated with amphibian presence in urban residential gardens in a suburb in Cape Town
… of garden amphibians within a community in Cape Town. The study explores habitat and maintenance features associated with amphibian presence and the social processes underpinning attitudes towards amphibians, with the aim of strengthening knowledge underpinning the "what" (knowledge of natural …