Nature Connection and Wellbeing in Children: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Autor: Barrable, Alexia, Papadatou-Pastou, Marietta, Booth, David, Friedman, Samantha
Rok vydání: 2022
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DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/msjg4
Popis: Nature connection describes a positive relationship between humans and the natural world, with various benefits for both nature and humans. The latter include a small but robust positive correlation of nature connection with various types of wellbeing and flourishing. A host of systematic reviews and meta-analyses have explored the relationship between nature connection and different types of wellbeing in adults. Capaldi et al. (2015) in a meta-analysis of 30 studies (n = 8523) found a small (r = .19) but significant effect size of nature connection and wellbeing (including vitality, life satisfaction, and positive affect). Pritchard et al. (2020) undertook a meta-analysis of 20 samples (n = 4758) and found a similar effect size for the relationship of nature connection and eudaimonic well-being (r = .24). No meta-analysis to-date has investigated the relationship between nature connection and wellbeing in children and adolescents, which is the aim of the present study.
Databáze: OpenAIRE