Lovati Chiara, Manzi Federico, Di Dio Cinzia, Massaro Davide, Gilli Gabriella, Marchetti Antonella
Department of Psychology, Research Unit on Psychology of Art, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy.
Department of Psychology, Research Unit on Theory of Mind, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy.
Front Psychol. 2023 Oct 12;14:1242699. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1242699. eCollection 2023.
Environmental issues are at the center of the political and cultural debate, representing one of the greatest challenges of our century. Sustainability and pro-environmental conducts are recognized as increasingly urgent to address the decay of ecosystems. To support the acquisition of attitudes that give greater consideration to environmental issues, experiencing a sense of connection with nature has been acknowledged in psychology as a particularly relevant individual component. Among the most commonly used scales in Anglo-Saxon context to analyses this feeling is the Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS) assessing the emotional and experiential bond between humans and nature. To examine the reliability and validity of this scale in the Italian context, a study including 271 Italian adults (44,3% female; 55% males; Mean age = 34.70; SD = 13.584; age-range = 18-65 years) was conducted to establish evidence supporting the internal consistency of the CNS, as well as its ability to measure convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity. A Confirmatory Factor Analysis showed that CNS in Italian has a single-factor structure as reported in the original version by Mayer and Frantz. Furthermore, as expected, positive correlations were observed between the CNS and pro-environmental attitudes and negative correlations with civic moral disengagement. Finally, as assumed, the CNS positively correlated with mental well-being. A broad vision of this study concerns the idea that individuals who have a stronger connection with nature are likely to exhibit reduced tendencies to cause harm to it.
环境问题处于政治和文化辩论的核心，是我们这个世纪面临的最大挑战之一。可持续性和环保行为被认为对于应对生态系统的衰退日益紧迫。为了支持培养更重视环境问题的态度，在心理学领域，与自然产生联系感已被公认为一个特别相关的个体因素。在盎格鲁-撒克逊语境中，用于分析这种感觉的最常用量表之一是自然联结量表（CNS），它评估人类与自然之间的情感和体验联系。为了检验该量表在意大利语境中的信效度，开展了一项研究，纳入271名意大利成年人（44.3%为女性；55%为男性；平均年龄 = 34.70；标准差 = 13.584；年龄范围 = 18至65岁），以建立支持CNS内部一致性的证据，以及其测量聚合效度、区分效度和预测效度的能力。验证性因素分析表明，意大利语版的CNS具有与Mayer和Frantz原始版本中所报告的单因素结构。此外，正如预期的那样，CNS与环保态度之间存在正相关，与公民道德脱离存在负相关。最后，正如所假设的，CNS与心理健康呈正相关。这项研究的一个广泛观点是，与自然联系更紧密的个体可能表现出对自然造成伤害的倾向降低。
