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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"nature relatedness"”.
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NATURE RELATEDNESS: INVESTIGATING DIFFERENCES AMONG RURAL, SUBURBAN, AND URBAN POPULATIONS IN CONNECTION TO NATURE SCORES
<p>The study examined the Nature Relatedness scores of people from rural, suburban, and urban populations to investigate differences among these populations. Survey participants also reported on whether or not they were currently raising children under the age of 18 in their home, how many outdoor …
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Measuring Affective Responses to Different Types of Nature Exposure
… Fueled by the curiosity of the extent to which nature provides these benefits, this study investigated whether pre-existing preference for either waterscape scenes or mountainous scenes, as well as self-reported affective and associative responses to those environmental exposures are possible …
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Mindfulness Meditation Interventions as a Predictor of Environmental Leadership
… explored whether a breath-focused and a virtual nature-focused mindfulness meditation would predict three primary variables pertinent to environmental leadership: leaders’ state nature relatedness, leaders’ pro-environmental behaviours, and followers’ ratings of environmentally specific …
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Helping Nature: The Impact of Exposure to Nature on Prosociality and Sustainability
… 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 well-being. …
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Plant diversity, preference, and psychological well-being
… and for strengthening their connections with nature. Extensive research has indicated that higher vegetation cover is associated with elevated landscape preferences and improved health outcomes. However, when vegetation becomes denser and appears in wilder, more natural forms, these benefits …
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Behaviour in Common-Pool Resource games: investigating decision-making towards conservation and environmental issues
… as well as pre and post-game questionnaires – Nature Relatedness (NR), Consideration of Future Consequences (CFC) and Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD). The study had two main aims: (1) compare participants’ behaviour within a strategic situation to its analytical solution and (2) investigate …
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Health, lifestyle and nature disconnect in high-rise apartment dwellers
Disconnection from nature puts high-rise dwellers at risk of chronic disease and poor mental health, two major healthcare budget items. Many reports in the literature state compromised mental health, partly due to the ‘grey’ landscape of many apartment buildings, particularly in low socioeconomic …
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The effectiveness of urban conservation programs for engaging the public and enhancing wildlife habitat
… initiatives is increasingly important. The Nature in the City (NIC) initiative was launched in 2014 by the City of Fort Collins to create: "a connected open space network accessible to the entire community that provides a variety of experiences and functional habitat for people, plants, and …