Engagement with natural beauty moderates the positive relation between connectedness with nature and psychological well-being

Zhang, Jia Wei; Howell, Ryan T.; Iyer, Ravi

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2013.12.013

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“…Besides, our findings showed that the score for female group was higher than that of male group in the extraversion category. This finding was consistent with Zhang et al (2014).…”

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confidence: 88%

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Environmental pollution has become a serious challenge for humanity and the environment. Therefore, this study aims to examine the relationships between the Big Five personality traits, individualism, collectivism, participant's age, and environmental concern, and testing the moderating roles of individualism/collectivism and gender in the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and environmental concern. In this quantitative study, the multi-stage cluster random sampling method was used to recruit a total of 1,160 respondents (614 females and 546 males) from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Structural Equation Modeling proved that respondents of high neuroticism, conscientiousness, extraversion, collectivism, and older ages were conscious of the environmental quality. Also, the findings showed that individualism, collectivism, and gender emerged as significant moderators in the link between the Big Five personality traits and the environmental concern.

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“…Besides, our findings showed that the score for female group was higher than that of male group in the extraversion category. This finding was consistent with Zhang et al (2014).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

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“…With mindful attention and self-reflection being two further aspects associated with greater connection to nature (Authors, 2015). Further, it has been shown that spirituality (Kamitsis and Francis, 2013) and engagement with natural beauty (Zhang, Howell and Iyer 2014) et al, 2016) and will therefore mediate benefits revealed by HRV measurements.…”

Section: Nature and Hrv Research Discussionmentioning

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Joy and Calm: How an Evolutionary Functional Model of Affect Regulation Informs Positive Emotions in Nature

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Evolutionary Psychological Science

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“…Perrin & Benasi, 2009). For example, previous work has reported that the correlation between exposure to nature and connectedness to nature tends to be moderate-to-strong (e.g., Kamitsis & Francis, 2013;Zhang, Howell, & Iyer, 2014), suggesting that, although there is some measurement overlap, the constructs are sufficiently different to have independent effects on outcome measures (Zhang, Piff, et al, 2014). More broadly, identifying independent associations between connectedness to nature and nature exposure, respectively, and body image may highlight different routes to leveraging therapeutic benefits (e.g., spending time in nature versus promoting connectedness to nature).…”

Section: Nature and Body Imagementioning

confidence: 99%