Eco-existential positive psychology: Experiences in nature, existential anxieties, and well-being.

Passmore, Holli‐Anne; Howell, Andrew J.

doi:10.1080/08873267.2014.920335

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“…In the case of the present study, it cannot be made entirely clear whether the beneficial effects of the programme were entirely due to spending time in nature, feeling part of an online community, or a combination of the two. Passmore and Howell (2014b) argue that a connection to nature is similar to a connection with others; both provide a sense of meaning. It is possible that the combination of developing a sense of connection to others and to nature simultaneously could lead to the greatest increases in eudaimonic well-being and meaning; this could be tested in future research.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Hamann¹,

Ivtzan²

2016

SIIW

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Considering the lack of nature-based positive psychology interventions (PPIs), the present study examined the effects of Rewild Your Life (RYL), an online intervention programme that challenges users to spend 30 minutes a day in nature for 30 days. Participants who completed RYL (n=35) showed significant increases in mood, well-being, mindfulness and meaning compared to the control group (n=27). The effect was stronger when participants spent at least 30 minutes in nature, and meaning and mindfulness were affected only in "wilderness" but not urban "greenspace" (e.g., parks). Findings emphasise the importance of access to natural spaces, especially considering that people are spending increasing amounts of time indoors and disconnecting from nature, and the importance of increasing access to greenspace is discussed.

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Section: Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Hamann¹,

Ivtzan²

2016

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“…A growing amount of theorists argue that connectedness to nature is a basic human need (Baxter & Pelletier, 2018), with some suggesting it can also satisfy other fundamental needs such as identity, belonging and meaning-in-life (Howell, Passmore, & Buro, 2013;Mayer, Frantz, Bruehlman-Senecal, & Dolliver, 2009;Passmore & Howell, 2014). If this is the case, higher levels of connectedness to nature should predict well-being.…”

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“…Wilson (1984) argues that humans are innately drawn to the natural world: an argument extended by many recent authors who claim that a psychological connection with nature is a fundamental human need. Passmore and Howell (2014) suggest that, rather than plunging us into existential despair, developing a connection with nature can actually help resolve existential anxieties. Mirroring the positive relationship between connectedness to nature and well-being (Capaldi et al, 2014;Cleary, Fielding, Bell, Murray, & Roiko, 2017), exposure to nature has also been found to facilitate positive emotionality and psychological growth.…”

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confidence: 99%

Can self-transcendent positive emotions facilitate bonds with nature?

Moreton¹

2018

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Self-transcendent positive emotions play a foundational role in social cognition through binding humans to others. In this article, theoretical and emerging empirical evidence is presented in support of the hypothesis that self-transcendent positive emotions may also facilitate bonds with the natural world. This is suggested to occur due to the ability of self-transcendent emotions to direct attention away from the self, facilitate connections with novel social targets, and reduce defensive distancing from nature caused by death anxiety and disgust. It is concluded that further research is needed to clarify the effects of discrete self-transcendent emotions on connectedness to nature, as well as the magnitude and duration of these effects.

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“…Some of these studies show the mediating role of connectedness between environmental stimuli and wellbeing, in such a way that nature has a buffering effect for stress reduction, improves attention tasks, promotes positive social behaviors, pro-environmental behaviors, connectedness to nature, and in short, improves quality of life (Mayer et al, 2009;Corraliza and Collado, 2011;Hoot and Riedman, 2011;Carrus et al, 2012;Myers, 2012;Howell et al, 2013;Collado and Staats, 2016). However, other authors have observed that an adequate prior connectedness feature is not required to be effective in improving emotional well-being through experiences of contact with natural environments (Passmore and Howell, 2014).…”

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Biophilia and Biophobia as Emotional Attribution to Nature in Children of 5 Years Old

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Introduction: Connectedness to nature is a concept that reflects the emotional relationship between the self and the natural environment, based on the theory of biophilia, the innate predisposition to the natural environment. However, the biophobic component has largely been ignored, despite, given its adaptive functional role, being an essential part of the construct. If there is a phylogenetic component underlying nature connectedness, biophilic, and/or biophobic, there should be evidence of this record from early childhood. The main aim of this study is therefore to describe the emotional attributions identified in 5 years old. Methodology: Two studies were conducted. In the first, 94 children expressed their concept of nature and made basic emotional attributions to a set of 30 images of natural, using a software designed for the study. In the second, 39 children repeated the procedure and provided explanations for their responses. Results: The main results show that, in general, children use both positive and negative emotions, which may be related to a three-dimensional model of emotional attributions to nature. The most widely attributed emotion is happiness. However, fear is the second most common attribution. The role of happiness could be explained by a feeling of security and familiarity, while the importance of fear in nature could show an adaptive response of the fear of wild nature in children. This interpretation could be confirmed when analyzing specifically the emotional attributions, classifying the images according to biological and ecosystemic criteria. Thus, for example, more emotional attributions are explained by the "pleasantness" attributed to primary producers and landscapes (e.g., flora), versus attributions of "harm" to the images of secondary and tertiary consumers (e.g., hunters). Conclusion: These results provide evidence in favor of a didactic procedure to study emotional attributions to images of nature in preschool children. They suggest the incorporation of biophobia as an important adaptive factor in connectedness to nature and a tripartite emotional hypothesis based on the valences of the attributed emotions.

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Eco-existential positive psychology: Experiences in nature, existential anxieties, and well-being.

Cited by 75 publications

References 84 publications

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Can self-transcendent positive emotions facilitate bonds with nature?

Biophilia and Biophobia as Emotional Attribution to Nature in Children of 5 Years Old

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