Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia.
School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Jun 29;15(7):1371. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15071371.
Nature relatedness is a psychological characteristic with the potential to drive interaction with nature and influence well-being. We surveyed 1538 people in Brisbane, Australia to investigate how nature relatedness varies among socio-demographic groups. We determined whether people with higher nature relatedness reported fewer symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress and better overall health, controlling for potentially confounding socio-demographic and health-related variables. Overall nature relatedness was higher in older people, females, those without children living at home, not working, and people speaking English at home. Aspects of nature relatedness reflecting enjoyment of nature were consistently associated with reduced ill health, consistent with widespread evidence of the health and well-being benefits of experiencing nature. In contrast, aspects of nature relatedness reflecting self-identification with nature, and a conservation worldview, were associated with increased depression, anxiety or stress, after accounting for potential confounding factors. Detailed investigation of causal pathways among nature relatedness, socio-demographic factors and health is warranted, with particular focus on the relationship between stress and nature orientation.
与自然的亲近感是一种心理特征，它有可能促进与自然的互动并影响幸福感。我们在澳大利亚布里斯班调查了 1538 人，以调查社会人口统计学群体之间的自然亲近感差异。我们确定了具有较高自然亲近感的人是否报告了较少的抑郁、焦虑、压力症状和更好的整体健康状况，同时控制了可能混杂的社会人口统计学和与健康相关的变量。总体而言，老年人、女性、家中没有子女、不工作和在家讲英语的人自然亲近感更高。反映享受自然的自然亲近感方面与健康状况不佳呈负相关，这与体验自然对健康和幸福感的益处的广泛证据一致。相比之下，反映自我认同与自然和保护世界观的自然亲近感方面与抑郁、焦虑或压力增加有关，这在考虑到潜在混杂因素后得到了证实。需要详细研究自然亲近感、社会人口统计学因素和健康之间的因果关系，特别关注压力和自然取向之间的关系。
