Psychological Well-Being and Nature Relatedness
The way people perceive contact with nature may impact their environmental attitudes and psychological well-being (WB). Nature relatedness (NR) refers to the affective, cognitive, and experiential aspects of individuals’ connection to nature. The aim of the presented research concentrates on the ass...
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| author | Olga Grabowska-Chenczke Sandra Wajchman-Świtalska Marcin Woźniak |
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| description | The way people perceive contact with nature may impact their environmental attitudes and psychological well-being (WB). Nature relatedness (NR) refers to the affective, cognitive, and experiential aspects of individuals’ connection to nature. The aim of the presented research concentrates on the assessment of the relationship between well-being, self-control and connectedness with the natural environment. The data was collected via online questionnaire between March and April 2022. In the study, we combined descriptive statistics with analysis of variance. We also quantitatively assessed correlations between major components of NR scale and psychological WB across men’ and women’ inquires. The results showed that there is a statistically significant relationship between the general index of NR and overall psychological WB. Furthermore, correlation between specific aspects of NR and WB subscales were also observed. These interactions are considerable among both men and women. We have also identified a major correlation between NR and self-control, which indicates the link between the way a person approaches oneself and natural environment. Finally, the analysis provides evidence that women are on average more related to nature, although the men may benefit more from this kind of relationship. Further gender differences could be observed in terms of nature-relatedness perspective component, general self-control, score and overall NR score These relationships are highly vital among men while irrelevant among women. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e86a782869f04d4ab63ca31b9d56cf312023-12-03T15:03:11ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072022-07-01137104810.3390/f13071048Psychological Well-Being and Nature RelatednessOlga Grabowska-Chenczke0Sandra Wajchman-Świtalska1Marcin Woźniak2Department of Law and Enterprise Management in Agribusiness, Faculty of Economics, University of Life Sciences in Poznań, Wojska Polskiego St. 28, 60-637 Poznań, PolandDepartment of Forestry Management, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, University of Life Sciences in Poznań, Wojska Polskiego St. 71C, 60-625 Poznań, PolandFaculty of Human Geography and Planning, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Bogumił Krygowski St. 10, 61-680 Poznan, PolandThe way people perceive contact with nature may impact their environmental attitudes and psychological well-being (WB). Nature relatedness (NR) refers to the affective, cognitive, and experiential aspects of individuals’ connection to nature. The aim of the presented research concentrates on the assessment of the relationship between well-being, self-control and connectedness with the natural environment. The data was collected via online questionnaire between March and April 2022. In the study, we combined descriptive statistics with analysis of variance. We also quantitatively assessed correlations between major components of NR scale and psychological WB across men’ and women’ inquires. The results showed that there is a statistically significant relationship between the general index of NR and overall psychological WB. Furthermore, correlation between specific aspects of NR and WB subscales were also observed. These interactions are considerable among both men and women. We have also identified a major correlation between NR and self-control, which indicates the link between the way a person approaches oneself and natural environment. Finally, the analysis provides evidence that women are on average more related to nature, although the men may benefit more from this kind of relationship. Further gender differences could be observed in terms of nature-relatedness perspective component, general self-control, score and overall NR score These relationships are highly vital among men while irrelevant among women.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/7/1048nature relatednesswell-beingself-controlsocial statushuman-nature relationshipecosystem services |
| spellingShingle | Olga Grabowska-Chenczke Sandra Wajchman-Świtalska Marcin Woźniak Psychological Well-Being and Nature Relatedness Forests nature relatedness well-being self-control social status human-nature relationship ecosystem services |
| title | Psychological Well-Being and Nature Relatedness |
| title_full | Psychological Well-Being and Nature Relatedness |
| title_fullStr | Psychological Well-Being and Nature Relatedness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychological Well-Being and Nature Relatedness |
| title_short | Psychological Well-Being and Nature Relatedness |
| title_sort | psychological well being and nature relatedness |
| topic | nature relatedness well-being self-control social status human-nature relationship ecosystem services |
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