The Participation of Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults in Nature-Based Recreation

Lovelock, Brent; Walters, Trudie; Jellum, Carla; Carr, Anna

doi:10.1080/01490400.2016.1151388

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“…Parents and guardians also play an important role in this process. Parental behavior (e.g., coparticipation, modeling) encouraging less screen time and more unstructured outdoor time can have a strong effect on youth (Lovelock et al, 2016), and research highlights the powerful influence of parent perceptions on youth activity in natural settings (Barnett & Weber, 2008; Larson, Whiting, & Green, 2013; McFarland et al, 2014). For middle schoolers, the social influence of siblings, friends, and neighbors also affects screen time and outdoor activity (Garcia et al, 2016).…”

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“…Studies suggest that nature “connectedness” or “relatedness” contributes to positive emotions, happiness, and subjective well-being (Capaldi, Passmore, Nisbet, Zelenski, & Dopko, 2015; Cervinka, Roderer, & Hefler, 2012; Clayton & Opotow, 2003; Mayer, Frantz, Bruehlman-Senecal, & Dolliver, 2009; Nisbet, Zelenski, & Murphy, 2011; Zelenski & Nisbet, 2014). Furthermore, CTN is relatively stable over time (Braun & Dierkes, 2017; Ernst & Theimer, 2011; Wells & Lekies, 2006); it is therefore critical to identity factors that influence youth time outdoors and CTN (Larson & Verma, 1999; Lovelock, Walters, Jellum, & Thompson-Carr, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Screen time often peaks during that same stage: the middle school years (Rideout et al, 2010). More research is needed to understand the complex factors associated with outdoor time during the transitions from early childhood through adolescence and into early adulthood (Lovelock et al, 2016).…”

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Outdoor Time, Screen Time, and Connection to Nature: Troubling Trends Among Rural Youth?

Larson

Szczytko

Bowers

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Environment and Behavior

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Evidence suggests that contemporary children are spending less time outdoors than their predecessors. Concurrent reports also highlight the rise of electronic media use in the lives of youth. We explored relationships between self-reported outdoor time, screen time, and connection to nature in a sample of sixth- to eighth-grade students across rural South Carolina ( N = 543). We found that most youth spent time outdoors, but they spent more time with electronic media. The outdoor versus screen time discrepancy was particularly pronounced for girls, African Americans, and eighth graders. Connection to nature, linked to outdoor time, was highest among boys, White students, and sixth graders. Our study contributes to growing evidence highlighting the negative influence of escalating screen time on outdoor time and connection to nature during adolescence. Programs designed to address these troubling trends could focus on two groups at particularly high risk: girls and youth of color.

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Outdoor Time, Screen Time, and Connection to Nature: Troubling Trends Among Rural Youth?

Larson

Szczytko

Bowers

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Environment and Behavior

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“…The pathway from connected child to connected adult is not clear but there is evidence that childhood nature experience leads to adulthood connection (Wells & Lekies, 2006), with interactions with nature, peers and learning environments being significant (Prévot, Clayton, & Mathevet, 2016;Stevenson et al, 2014). For example, research on American and Norwegian adults with environmental careers revealed an interest in nature that developed with repeated nature experience, from playing to more structured learning, in comparison to those in non-nature careers (Chawla, 1999;James, Robert, & Carin, 2010) while, in New Zealand, nature-based recreation in early years increases the likelihood of participation as an adult (Lovelock, Walters, Jellum, & Thompson-Carr, 2016).…”

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Evaluating connection to nature and the relationship with conservation behaviour in children

Hughes

Richardson

Lumber

2018

Journal for Nature Conservation

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Connection to nature' is a multidimensional trait thought to be important for developing positive conservation behaviours, and strengthening people's connection to nature has become the focus for many conservation activities. A connection to nature may be developed through repeated engagement with nature, and experiences during childhood are thought to be particularly significant. However, many children today are considered to have a low connection to nature, presenting a critical challenge for the future of nature conservation. Several instruments have been developed for measuring connection to nature. These instruments are important for establishing current levels and thresholds of connection and evaluating efforts to improve connection, yet the way the instruments and the derived scores relate to the term 'connection' frequently used in conservation discourse has, so far, been overlooked. In this study, we interrogate Cheng et al's 2 (2012) Connection to Nature Index (CNI) and develop a refined "gradient of connection" based on the instrument structure, proposing boundaries of low (below 4.06), mild (between 4.06 and 4.56) and strong (over 4.56) connection that are relevant for conservation activities. Furthermore, we show how the suggested boundaries relate to self-reported conservation behaviours with a high probability of performing behaviours (> 70%) only reached at strong levels of connection. Our data show that, in agreement with current perceptions, the population of UK children surveyed have a low connection to nature and are unlikely to be performing many conservation behaviours. This demonstrates how the index can be used to measure and evaluate connection in populations in a way that will enhance future conservation efforts.

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“…It can also differ between activities, for the same individual. And it can change over time, for the same individual and the same activity (Lovelock et al 2016;Widmer, Duerden and Tamiguchi 2014). This can happen for many different reasons: skills are learned or lost; opportunities are modified by changes in free time, funds, or geographical location; and attitudes to risk are altered by other life events, such as becoming a parent, starting or ending a relationship, or losing a friend.…”

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Analysing adventure: a leisure lifepsychle?

Buckley

2017

Annals of Leisure Research

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The Participation of Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults in Nature-Based Recreation

Cited by 34 publications

References 47 publications

Outdoor Time, Screen Time, and Connection to Nature: Troubling Trends Among Rural Youth?

Outdoor Time, Screen Time, and Connection to Nature: Troubling Trends Among Rural Youth?

Evaluating connection to nature and the relationship with conservation behaviour in children

Analysing adventure: a leisure lifepsychle?

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