Hinds Joe, Sparks Paul
Department of Psychology, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, S10 2BP, UK.
Evol Psychol. 2011 Oct 3;9(3):451-69. doi: 10.1177/147470491100900314.
Using a psychometric methodology the present study explored the associations between natural environments and experiential feeling states. The effects of the frequency of participants' (N = 90) experience of the natural environment and of the location of their childhood upbringing were also investigated. Ten natural environments mapped on to an orthogonal two-component experiential structure labeled Eudemonia (ostensibly positive feelings) and Apprehension (ostensibly negative feelings). Generally, the more natural environments tended to be associated with higher eudemonia and higher apprehension, the less natural environments with both lower eudemonia and lower apprehension. In line with expectations, participants from rural childhood locations, compared with urban participants, reported less Apprehension and participants with greater experience of the natural environment, compared with participants with less experience, reported greater Eudemonia and less Apprehension. Results are discussed in relation to environmental experiences and affective psychological wellbeing.
本研究采用心理测量方法，探讨了自然环境与体验性情感状态之间的关联。同时还调查了参与者（N = 90）体验自然环境的频率及其童年成长地点的影响。十种自然环境被映射到一个正交的双成分体验结构上，该结构被标记为幸福（表面上的积极情感）和忧虑（表面上的消极情感）。一般来说，自然环境越多往往与越高的幸福和越高的忧虑相关联，自然环境越少则与越低的幸福和越低的忧虑相关联。与预期一致，来自农村童年地点的参与者与城市参与者相比，报告的忧虑较少；有更多自然环境体验的参与者与体验较少的参与者相比，报告的幸福更高且忧虑更少。研究结果结合环境体验和情感心理健康进行了讨论。
