Department of Biology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 24, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany.
Department of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, 60-625 Poznań, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 13;18(24):13142. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182413142.
Human-nature relationships are an important aspect of leisure research. Previous studies also reported that nature-related activities have a health benefit. In this study, we surveyed US-American birdwatchers at two time points during the COVID pandemic (independent samples). During the beginning of the COVID pandemic in spring 2020, we analyzed their comments with an AI sentiment analysis. Approximately one year later (winter 2020/21), during the second wave, the study was repeated, and a second data set was analyzed. Here we show that during the ongoing pandemic, the sentiments became more negative. This is an important result because it shows that despite the positive impact of nature on mental health, the sentiments become more negative in the enduring pandemic.
人与自然的关系是休闲研究的一个重要方面。先前的研究还报告说，与自然相关的活动对健康有益。在这项研究中，我们在 COVID 大流行期间的两个时间点对美国观鸟者进行了调查（独立样本）。在 2020 年春季 COVID 大流行开始时，我们使用人工智能情绪分析对他们的评论进行了分析。大约一年后（2020/21 年冬季），在第二波疫情期间，重复了这项研究，并对第二组数据进行了分析。在这里，我们表明，在持续的大流行期间，情绪变得更加消极。这是一个重要的结果，因为它表明，尽管自然对心理健康有积极影响，但在持久的大流行中，情绪会变得更加消极。
