Department of Psychology and Psychodynamics, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Krems an der Donau, Austria.
School of Psychology and Sport Science, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
Int J Environ Health Res. 2022 Apr;32(4):870-884. doi: 10.1080/09603123.2020.1803805. Epub 2020 Aug 10.
Exposure to nature is associated with improved psychological well-being and positive body image. Here, we examined whether everyday exposure to natural environments is associated with state body image outcomes (and, for comparative reasons, state happiness) using an experience sampling method. One-hundred-and-seven participants completed a 30-day experience sampling phase in which they reported their state body image (body weight, body shape, and physical appearance satisfaction), state happiness, and features of the surrounding environment (total = 6,025 responses) at three random time-points each day. Results indicated that being outdoors was associated with significantly higher state body image on all three indicators, but effect sizes were lower compared to effects on state happiness. Specific environment type was also important, with blue-spaces and wood- and grasslands, respectively, having stronger effects than other environments. These results provide evidence that everyday exposure to natural environments is associated with more positive state body image and greater happiness.
与大自然接触与改善心理健康和积极的身体形象有关。在这里，我们使用体验抽样法研究了日常接触自然环境是否与身体形象状态结果（以及出于比较原因，与幸福感状态）有关。107 名参与者完成了为期 30 天的体验抽样阶段，他们每天在三个随机时间点报告了自己的身体形象状态（体重、体型和外貌满意度）、幸福感状态以及周围环境的特征（共 6025 次）。结果表明，在所有三个指标上，户外活动与身体形象状态显著更高有关，但与幸福感状态的影响相比，效果较小。特定的环境类型也很重要，蓝色空间、森林和草原分别比其他环境具有更强的影响。这些结果提供了证据表明，日常接触自然环境与更积极的身体形象状态和更高的幸福感有关。
