期刊
JOURNAL OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
卷 12, 期 6, 页码 537-546出版社
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2016.1221126
关键词
Nature involvement; positive psychology intervention; connectedness; qualitative research; elevating experiences
资金
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
We examined the effects of a two-week nature-based well-being intervention. Undergraduates (N=395) were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: nature, human-built or a business-as-usual control. Participants paid attention to how nature (or human-built objects, depending on assignment) in their everyday surroundings made them feel, photographed the objects/scenes that evoked emotion in them and provided a description of emotions evoked. Post-intervention levels of net positive affect, elevating experiences, a general sense of connectedness (to other people, to nature and to life as a whole) and prosocial orientation were significantly higher in the nature group compared to the human-built and control groups. Trait levels of nature connectedness and engagement with beauty did not moderate nature's beneficial impact on well-being. Qualitative findings revealed significant differences in the emotional themes evoked by nature vs. human-built objects/scenes. This research provides important empirical support for nature involvement as an effective positive psychology intervention.
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