Bratman Gregory N, Young Gerald, Mehta Ashish, Lee Babineaux Ihno, Daily Gretchen C, Gross James J
School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States.
Front Psychol. 2021 Mar 10;12:643866. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643866. eCollection 2021.
Mounting evidence shows that nature contact is associated with affective benefits. However, the psychological mechanisms responsible for these effects are not well understood. In this study, we examined whether more time spent in nature was associated with higher levels of positive affect in general, and lower levels of negative affect and rumination in general. We also conducted a cross-sectional mediation analysis to examine whether rumination mediated the association of nature contact with affect. Participants ( = 617) reported their average time spent in nature each week, as well as their general levels of positive and negative affect, and the degree to which they typically engaged in rumination in daily life. We then used structural equation modeling to test our hypotheses. Our results support the hypothesis that nature contact is associated with general levels of affect, and that rumination mediates this association for negative affect, and marginally mediates this association for positive affect.
越来越多的证据表明，与自然接触会带来情感益处。然而，导致这些影响的心理机制尚未得到充分理解。在本研究中，我们考察了在自然中度过更多时间是否总体上与更高水平的积极情绪相关，以及总体上与更低水平的消极情绪和反刍相关。我们还进行了一项横断面中介分析，以考察反刍是否介导了与自然接触和情绪之间的关联。参与者（n = 617）报告了他们每周在自然中度过的平均时间，以及他们的总体积极和消极情绪水平，以及他们在日常生活中通常进行反刍的程度。然后我们使用结构方程模型来检验我们的假设。我们的结果支持以下假设：与自然接触与总体情绪水平相关，并且反刍介导了这种关联对消极情绪的影响，并在一定程度上介导了这种关联对积极情绪的影响。
