Design Opportunities to Enhance Children's Engagement with Nature in Bhutan: A Working Field Theory

Om, Chimi; Brereton, Margot; Dema, Tshering; Ploderer, Bernd

doi:10.1145/3520495.3520516

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“…Two studies investigated emergent technologies designed to facilitate family engagement with nature [67,70]. Although Om and colleagues [70] explored urban children's outdoor routines with the view of informing digital design to promote child-nature interactions, the study revealed that children also perceive nature-based play as an opportunity to disconnect from technology. It concluded that technology design should support children's nature play "without the feeling of using technology".…”

Section: Opportunities and Orientations Towards Nature Parental Influ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Mirroring findings from preliminary review searches and consistent with the conceptual and methodological heterogeneities characterizing the broader literature, eligible publications adopted diverse research approaches and operationalizations of the key review themes (see Table 2). Although methodologically diverse, most publications investigated correlates or predictors of child [53,65,70,71,72,73,74] or family [66,68,69] engagement with nature with a focus on barriers and facilitators. One ecological momentary assessment [76] and two cross-sectional studies [77,79] positioned relevant constructs in the context of children's physical activity and sedentary lifestyle behaviors, and the one longitudinal study focused on youth mental health [78].…”

Section: Operationalization Of Relevant Constructsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Screen use was commonly provided as a response item for preferred leisure-time activities or investigated as a barrier to children's use of natural spaces either through direct quantitative measures or identified qualitative themes. Two studies investigated screen time as an outcome measure [75,79] and two publications explored the role of specialized media technologies in the context of facilitating children's nature experience [67,70].…”

Section: Operationalization Of Relevant Constructsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A range of methodological limitations pertaining to study sample and design were reported by eligible studies. Small sample sizes [66,68,72,74], under-representation of fathers [67,68,79], non-random sampling [75] as well as the range of limitations pertaining to the subjective nature of self-report and proxy measures [66,70,75,77,78,79] were commonly identified. Limitations around causality [75,77,78,79] and study generalizability [53,67,68,71,74,77] characterized the literature.…”

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“…Limitations around causality [75,77,78,79] and study generalizability [53,67,68,71,74,77] characterized the literature. Recommendations included direct responses to sample limitations and study designs (e.g., inclusion of participants from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, gender balanced samples [67,70], and incorporation of objective measures [76,78,79]) as well as broader conceptual directions for future research. Emphasis was placed on the importance of studies investigating humannature interactions adopting multi-disciplinary approaches to research and public health policy (e.g., integration of urban design, child development and health) [53,71,77].…”

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Associations Between Nature Exposure, Screen Use, and Parent-Child Relations: A Scoping Review

Torjinski,

Cliff,

Horwood

2023

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Background Recent research suggests that children spend increasing amounts of time engaging in screen-based activities and less time outdoors in natural environments. There is a growing body of theory-driven literature evidencing that child screen use and exposure to nature are associated with wellbeing outcomes in contrasting ways. However, few studies have explored their combinative effects and the relational family context has been largely overlooked. Objective This scoping review explored associations between early-late childhood nature exposure, screen use, and parent-child relations in order to identify research gaps and inform future research direction. Methods This review was guided by Arksey and O’Malley’s five-stage methodological framework and other relevant guidelines for scoping reviews. A search of five electronic databases (PsycINFO, MEDLINE complete, ERIC, EMBASE and Cochrane library) was conducted along with additional hand-searches from inception to 9/06/2023. Peer-reviewed articles published in English between 2012-2023 were included. Results A total of 284 articles were screened by title and abstract and full text review of 79 articles was conducted. Following additional searches (hand-search and reference lists), a total of 16 eligible articles were identified. The synthesis revealed that the relevant body of research is novel, heterogenous, and fragmented. There are various pathways through which children’s screen use and engagement with nature interact within the family context, however research exploring their synchronous and bidirectional effects on relational family processes is limited. Conclusion Findings emphasize the importance of investigating children’s screen use and engagement with nature from a relational paradigm. Future studies should explore the mechanisms underpinning the reciprocal influences of nature and screen use on dyadic family processes and relational outcomes across early-late childhood. OSF Registration DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/TFZDV

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Section: Opportunities and Orientations Towards Nature Parental Influ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Operationalization Of Relevant Constructsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Operationalization Of Relevant Constructsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Limitations and Study Recommendationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Limitations and Study Recommendationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Associations Between Nature Exposure, Screen Use, and Parent-Child Relations: A Scoping Review

Torjinski,

Cliff,

Horwood

2023

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Rethinking the Development of Computational Thinking Skills in Young Children through Nature Play

Om,

Brereton,

Vella

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the 35th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference

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Associations between nature exposure, screen use, and parent-child relations: a scoping review

Torjinski,

Cliff,

Horwood

2024

Syst Rev

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Background Recent research suggests that children spend increasing amounts of time engaging in screen-based activities and less time outdoors in natural environments. There is a growing body of theory-driven literature evidencing that child screen use and exposure to nature are associated with wellbeing outcomes in contrasting ways. However, few studies have explored their combinative effects, and the relational family context has been largely overlooked. Objective This scoping review explored associations between early-late childhood nature exposure, screen use, and parent-child relations to identify research gaps and inform future research direction. Methods This review was guided by Arksey and O’Malley’s five-stage methodological framework and other relevant guidelines for scoping reviews. A search of five electronic databases (PsycINFO, MEDLINE complete, ERIC, EMBASE, and Cochrane library) was conducted along with additional hand-searches from inception to 9/08/2024. Peer-reviewed articles published in English between 2012 and 2024 were included. Results A total of 390 articles were screened by title and abstract and full text review of 96 articles was conducted. Following additional searches (hand-search and reference lists), a total of 23 eligible articles were identified. Evidence is presented in tabular and textual form and described using qualitative thematic analysis. The synthesis revealed that the relevant body of research is novel, heterogenous, and fragmented. There are various pathways through which children’s screen use and engagement with nature interact within the family context; however, research exploring their synchronous and bidirectional effects on relational family processes is limited. Conclusion Findings emphasize the importance of investigating children’s screen use and engagement with nature from a relational paradigm. Future studies should explore the mechanisms underpinning the reciprocal influences of nature and screen use on dyadic family processes and relational outcomes across early-late childhood. OSF registration https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/TFZDV.

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Design Opportunities to Enhance Children's Engagement with Nature in Bhutan: A Working Field Theory

Cited by 3 publications

References 19 publications

Associations Between Nature Exposure, Screen Use, and Parent-Child Relations: A Scoping Review

Associations Between Nature Exposure, Screen Use, and Parent-Child Relations: A Scoping Review

Rethinking the Development of Computational Thinking Skills in Young Children through Nature Play

Associations between nature exposure, screen use, and parent-child relations: a scoping review

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