Connectedness and well-being in simulated nature
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2022-05
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Wiley-Blackwell
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People relate to nature physically, cognitively and emotionally, and this relationship fosters their well-being. There are several types of environments that vary according to their degree of naturalness, raising the question of whether they each exert different effects on people, connectedness and well-being. In order to study the extent to which environmental connectedness and well-being are a function of viewing different types of nature, we conducted a study with 454 participants from five different countries, who viewed images on a computer screen of one of three types of environment (totally natural, quasi-natural or non-natural) and responded to a series of associated items. The results of a mediation analysis showed an indirect effect of type of environment on well-being through positive and negative affect and connectedness to nature. The corresponding ANOVAs revealed differences in the connectedness and well-being elicited by different types of environment, and in preference: totally natural and quasi-natural environments (with no differences between them) showed differences with non-natural environments. Therefore, our study results suggest the usefulness of images of natural environments in fostering people's well-being and connectedness to nature.
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Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The International Association of Applied Psychology.
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PSICOLOGIA, PSICOLOGIA DO AMBIENTE, NATUREZA, BEM-ESTAR, PSYCHOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, NATURE, WELL-BEING
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Pasca, L, Carrus, G, Loureiro, A, Navarro, Ó, Panno, A, Tapia Follen, C & Aragonés, J I 2022, 'Connectedness and well-being in simulated nature', Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 397-412. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12309