Department of Education, University of Applied Sciences Leiden, 2333 CK Leiden, The Netherlands.
Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Nov 21;17(22):8657. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17228657.
Finding fulfillment of basic psychological needs may be difficult for parents living in shelters after becoming homeless or after escaping violence. This study tested if experiencing nature was associated with the basic psychological needs of parents in shelters. Need satisfaction and need frustration were measured among parents in shelters ( = 160), with one measurement in the standard indoor context of the shelter and one measurement while experiencing nature. Experiencing nature was associated with enhanced need satisfaction ( = 0.28) and reduced need frustration ( = -0.24). The effect was especially pronounced for parents with young children. Our findings suggest that the physical environment matters for parents' basic psychological need fulfillment as they interact with their children in the context of sheltering. This finding opens a potential avenue for supporting parental functioning and resilience in the face of risk if these effects were to be replicated across settings using controlled experimental designs. At the very least, the findings may be discussed with practitioners and parents in the context of making shelter life and work more conducive to mental health and family functioning.
对于那些因无家可归或逃离暴力而住在收容所的父母来说，满足基本心理需求可能很困难。本研究检验了体验自然是否与收容所父母的基本心理需求有关。在收容所的父母（n=160）中测量了需求满足和需求受挫，一次是在收容所的标准室内环境中进行，一次是在体验自然时进行。体验自然与更高的需求满足（β=0.28）和更低的需求受挫（β=-0.24）相关。对于有年幼子女的父母来说，这种影响尤其明显。我们的研究结果表明，当父母在庇护环境中与子女互动时，物理环境对他们的基本心理需求满足很重要。如果这些效果能够在不同环境下使用对照实验设计得到复制，那么这一发现为支持父母在面临风险时的功能和适应能力提供了一个潜在途径。至少，可以在与从业者和父母讨论庇护生活和工作时，将这些发现纳入其中，以促进心理健康和家庭功能。
