Research Institute of Climatic and Environmental Governance, School of Law and Political Science, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China.
School of Humanities, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou, China.
Front Public Health. 2022 Apr 29;10:827046. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.827046. eCollection 2022.
In this study a serial multiple mediation model is tested to investigate the potential sequentially-mediating effect of affect balance and social cohesion on the association between connectedness to nature and life satisfaction or depression.
A total of 675 Chinese people from Jiangsu province living in rural low-income households participated in the study. The Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS), the Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS), the Social cohesion scale (SCS), the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), and the Patient Health Questionnaires (PHQ9) were measured in this paper.
Results indicated that the multiple serial mediation of affect balance and social cohesion on the association between connectedness to nature and life satisfaction was significant among the full-size sample, the adult-report, and the old people report, but that this effect is relatively small. Specifically, serial mediation accounted for 2.01, 1.69, 2.67% of the total effect explained by connectedness to nature on life satisfaction, while it accounted for 2.66, 2.35, 2.91% of the total effect explained by connectedness to nature on depression among the full sample population, adults, and old people, respectively.
The findings corroborate the important roles of affect balance and social cohesion in activating connectedness to nature. We discussed the possible ways that affect balance and social cohesion might enhance life satisfaction and decrease depression for Chinese people living in rural low-income households. We also discussed the limitations of this study. More mechanisms could be considered in future studies.
本研究采用序列多重中介模型，旨在探讨自然联结与生活满意度或抑郁之间的关系，受积极情绪与消极情绪平衡及社会凝聚力的潜在序列中介作用。
本研究共纳入 675 名来自江苏省农村低收入家庭的研究对象。采用自然联结量表（CNS）、正性负性情绪量表（PANAS）、社会凝聚力量表（SCS）、生活满意度量表（SWLS）和患者健康问卷（PHQ9）进行评估。
结果表明，在全样本、成人报告和老年人报告中，自然联结与生活满意度之间的关联受积极情绪与消极情绪平衡和社会凝聚力的多重序列中介作用显著，但该效应相对较小。具体而言，序列中介在自然联结对生活满意度的总效应中占比为 2.01%、1.69%和 2.67%，而在自然联结对全人群、成年人和老年人的抑郁的总效应中占比分别为 2.66%、2.35%和 2.91%。
这些发现支持了积极情绪与消极情绪平衡及社会凝聚力在激活自然联结方面的重要作用。我们讨论了积极情绪与消极情绪平衡及社会凝聚力可能增强中国农村低收入家庭生活满意度和降低抑郁的可能途径。我们还讨论了本研究的局限性，未来研究中可以考虑更多的机制。
