Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Nurul Ain Nabilla Mohd Yusli, Samsilah Roslan, Zeinab Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab Ghiami, Noorlila Ahmad
Summary: This study aimed to explore how students' perception of restorativeness affects their psychological well-being, with three constructs of ART significantly predicting psychological well-being. Furthermore, students residing in university dormitories with nature view windows are more likely to experience restoration compared to those with less natural views.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Su-Hsin Lee, Yi-Chien Chu, Pei-Chen Kung
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between public perceptions of ecosystem services (ES) value and mental health benefits, and provided suggestions for adjusting Taiwan's forest protection management policies. The results showed that people had a high perception of ES, with education enhancing this perception. People who had exercise habits and lived near protection forests had higher compatibility with protection forest recreational sites (PRS). Those who lived around protection forest areas had more positive moods and lower negative moods, leading to better mental health. People's perceptions of ES were related to their participation in forest exercise and achieving good mental health.
Article
Environmental Studies
Andreas Samus, Claire Freeman, Yolanda van Heezik, Klaus Krumme, Katharine J. M. Dickinson
Summary: This study investigated the effects of walking in urban forests and landscape parks on people's nature connectedness and well-being. The findings showed that both environments increased positive affect, decreased negative affect, and restored attention capacity. Contrary to expectation, walking in urban forests did not result in higher levels of nature connectedness or well-being compared to landscape parks. Additionally, perceived wildness of the environments was positively associated with nature connectedness.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Jee In Yoon, Soyoun Lim, Mi-Lyang Kim, Jinyoung Joo
Summary: This study aimed to examine how perceived restorativeness of park visitors influenced their place attachment, and explore the moderating effect of environmental sensitivity on this relationship. The results, based on 408 surveys collected at Jeju Gotjawal Provincial Park, showed that perceived restorativeness had a positive influence on place attachment, and the effect was stronger for visitors with higher environmental sensitivity. Therefore, park managers should increase visitors' perceived restorativeness of the natural environment and provide educational programs to enhance visitors' affection for nature.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Lorea Azpiazu, Arantza Fernandez-Zabala, Arantzazu Rodriguez-Fernandez, Estibaliz Ramos-Diaz
Summary: The study found that age significantly affects emotion repair and life satisfaction, while gender has a greater impact on other variables. Gender plays a key role in moderating the effect of emotional intelligence on happiness.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Marta Straga, Clara Miani, Timo Mantyla, Wandi Bruin de Bruin, Mattia Mottica, Fabio Del Missier
Summary: Exposure to natural and built environments can aid in the recovery from mental fatigue, and the dimensions of perceived restorativeness should include not only being away, fascination, compatibility, and extent, but also opportunity for reflection and feeling of safety.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Hongmei Zhang, Xin Zhang, Yijiang Yang, Jianyu Ma
Summary: This research explores the psychological and behavioral responses elicited by different environmental experiences in a developing country (China). The findings reveal that the restorative effects of natural environments can lead to positive emotional experiences and pro-environmental behavior. The study highlights the potential of nature-based tourism as a nature-based solution to improve human and environmental well-being through perceived restorativeness.
JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Tse Yen Tan, Louise Wachsmuth, Michele M. Tugade
Summary: This review focuses on positive emotional granularity, specifically emphasizing the lack of research in this area compared to negative emotional granularity. It highlights how positive emotions can motivate individuals to broaden their cognition, attention, and behavior, and suggests that distinct positive emotion concepts provide more informational value. Individuals with higher positive emotional granularity report better coping with stress.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
J. C. Fisher, M. Dallimer, K. N. Irvine, S. G. Aizlewood, G. E. Austen, R. D. Fish, P. M. King, Z. G. Davies
Summary: People depend on functioning ecosystems for essential services that support human health and well-being, making biodiversity loss a significant concern. Understanding the species and traits that contribute to well-being responses is a critical question. This study analyzes a database of species' effect traits and their impacts on various types of well-being.
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Sergio G. Milheiras, Susannah M. Sallu, Andrew R. Marshall, Deo D. Shirima, Esther N. Kioko, Robin Loveridge, Eleanor Moore, Pieter Olivier, Yit Arn Teh, Stephen Rushton, Marion Pfeifer
Summary: The global demand for agricultural products is increasing, but efforts to boost productivity are putting additional pressures on nature. Balancing biodiversity and human well-being in rural tropical crop production landscapes is crucial, yet there is limited empirical evidence in this area.
FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Niyaze Yakinlar, Abdullah Akpinar
Summary: This study investigates the associations between perceived sensory dimensions of urban green spaces and adults' perceived restoration, stress, and mental health. The findings suggest that providing characteristics of 'nature' and 'refuge' in urban green spaces may have restorative effects and mental benefits for adults.
URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Dorit Alt, Yariv Itzkovich, Lior Naamati-Schneider
Summary: This research aimed to measure the impact of lockdown and social distancing on higher education during the COVID-19 period on students' emotional well-being, perception of teachers' just behavior, and faculty incivility. The study found that students' negative emotions were influenced by the lockdown condition, which in turn affected their social interactions with faculty and perception of teachers' behavior.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Matthew A. Killingsworth, Daniel Kahneman, Barbara Mellers
Summary: This paper discusses whether higher incomes make people happier, presenting contradictory findings from two studies. One study suggests that happiness increases with log(income) up to a threshold and then plateaus, while the other study shows a consistent rise in happiness with log(income). The authors collaboratively analyze the results and find a linear-log relationship between happiness and income, with nonlinear differences among different levels of happiness. The importance of this paper lies in explaining the contradictions in research findings and questioning common practices in social science research.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Review
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Charles T. Snowdon
Summary: Animal signals can convey information and affect the behavior of others, while music can influence the emotional state of animals. To successfully use music to impact animal well-being, an understanding of natural communication signals and the different emotional states induced by different types of music is crucial. Therefore, investigating animal-based music is essential for enhancing animal welfare.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Rebecca J. Collie
Summary: Social-emotional instructional support from teachers is positively associated with students' perceived social-emotional competence, leading to greater positive affect and prosocial behavior among students.
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Julia Martin-Ortega, Thijs Dekker, Elena Ojea, Altea Lorenzo-Arribas
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Katherine N. Irvine, Melissa R. Marselle, Alan Melrose, Sara L. Warber
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2020)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Melissa R. Marselle, Anne Turbe, Assaf Shwartz, Aletta Bonn, Agathe Colleony
Summary: Solutions for conserving biodiversity lie in changing people's behavior, but ambitious international and national conservation policies often fail to effectively mitigate biodiversity loss due to a lack of application of behavior-change theories.
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Melissa R. Marselle, Diana E. Bowler, Jan Watzema, David Eichenberg, Toralf Kirsten, Aletta Bonn
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2020)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Melissa R. Marselle, Terry Hartig, Daniel T. C. Cox, Sian de Bell, Sonja Knapp, Sarah Lindley, Margarita Triguero-Mas, Katrin Boehning-Gaese, Matthias Braubach, Penny A. Cook, Sjerp de Vries, Anna Heintz-Buschart, Max Hofmann, Katherine N. Irvine, Nadja Kabisch, Franziska Kolek, Roland Kraemer, Iana Markevych, Doerte Martens, Ruth Mueller, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Jacqueline M. Potts, Jutta Stadler, Samantha Walton, Sara L. Warber, Aletta Bonn
Summary: This article explores the relationship between biodiversity and human health, presenting four different pathways: reducing harm, restoring capacities, building capacities, and causing harm. It discusses how to test these pathways and how existing datasets can be utilized.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Anett Richter, Orr Comay, Cecilie S. Svenningsen, Jonas Colling Larsen, Susanne Hecker, Anders P. Tottrup, Guy Pe'er, Robert R. Dunn, Aletta Bonn, Melissa Marselle
Summary: The study found that participants in citizen science projects were mainly motivated by fun and doing something for nature (intrinsic motivation), as well as contributing to science and nature conservation (extrinsic motivation). Project differences had a stronger impact on motivation than demographic variables. The study emphasizes the importance of identifying and assessing participants' motivations to foster successful and sustainable citizen science programs.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
O. K. Shortall, A. Lorenzo-Arribas
Summary: The research found that Irish dairy farmers generally support the grass-based paradigm and advocate for maximizing milk production from forage. Respondents believed that the grass-based paradigm is the best option for Irish dairy farmers, especially in terms of economic, environmental, and animal-welfare considerations.
JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Orla K. Shortall, Altea Lorenzo-Arribas
Summary: This study examines the practices and opinions of Scottish dairy farmers on pasture-based and indoor systems. The results indicate that there is a debate on the environmental, economic, and animal welfare implications of these systems. While indoor dairy farming is controversial among the public, the study finds that farmers' views are more complex, with a majority preference for cows to graze but with a belief that management is more important than the system type for determining profitability and welfare outcomes.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Andrea Perino, Henrique M. Pereira, Maria Felipe-Lucia, HyeJin Kim, Hjalmar S. Kuehl, Melissa R. Marselle, Jasper N. Meya, Carsten Meyer, Laetitia M. Navarro, Roel van Klink, Georg Albert, Christopher D. Barratt, Helge Bruelheide, Yun Cao, Ariane Chamoin, Marianne Darbi, Maria Dornelas, Nico Eisenhauer, Franz Essl, Nina Farwig, Johannes Foerster, Jorg Freyhof, Jonas Geschke, Felix Gottschall, Carlos Guerra, Peter Haase, Thomas Hickler, Ute Jacob, Thomas Kastner, Lotte Korell, Ingolf Kuehn, Gerlind U. C. Lehmann, Bernd Lenzner, Alexandra Marques, Elena Motivans Svara, Laura C. Quintero, Andrea Pacheco, Alexander Popp, Julia Rouet-Leduc, Florian Schnabel, Julia Siebert, Ingmar R. Staude, Stefan Trogisch, Vid Svara, Jens-Christian Svenning, Guy Pe'er, Kristina Raab, Demetra Rakosy, Marie Vandewalle, Alexandra S. Werner, Christian Wirth, Haigen Xu, Dandan Yu, Yves Zinngrebe, Aletta Bonn
Summary: In order to effectively implement the post-2020 global biodiversity framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity, national and local governments need to recognize the multiple values of biodiversity and adopt scalable ecosystem restoration approaches. Additionally, progress assessment and adaptive management can be informed by novel biodiversity monitoring and modeling approaches.
CONSERVATION LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Katherine N. Irvine, Daniel Fisher, Melissa R. Marselle, Margaret Currie, Kathryn Colley, Sara L. Warber
Summary: Physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to high social isolation among older adults. Outdoor social gatherings with physical distancing, such as group outdoor health walks (GOHWs), can help mitigate social isolation and improve social wellbeing for older adults. GOHWs provide opportunities for group membership, support for inexperienced or physically challenged individuals, and foster casual interpersonal interactions, which in turn contribute to expanding social networks, meaningful relationships, and a sense of belonging. These findings suggest that GOHWs can be beneficial in reducing social isolation after the COVID-19 pandemic.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Thomas Astell-Burt, J. Aaron Hipp, Birgitta Gatersleben, Deepti Adlakha, Melissa Marselle, Katarzyna Olcon, Evangelos Pappas, Michelle Kondo, Gillian Booth, Simon Bacon, Melissa Lem, Monique Francois, Elizabeth Halcomb, Lorna Moxham, Patricia Davidson, Xiaoqi Feng
Summary: A survey conducted in Australia investigated the need and interest in nature prescriptions among adults with cardiovascular diseases, psychological distress, and related factors. The findings revealed that despite low levels of nature contact in many target health groups, a majority of participants expressed interest in nature prescriptions, highlighting the potential for conducting randomized trials of interventions to increase nature exposure.
HEART LUNG AND CIRCULATION
(2023)
Review
Biodiversity Conservation
F. Beute, M. R. Marselle, A. Olszewska-Guizzo, M. B. Andreucci, A. Lammel, Z. G. Davies, J. Glanville, H. Keune, L. O'Brien, R. Remmen, A. Russo, S. de Vries
Summary: Green space is important for mental health, but it is facing pressure in urban areas. A review of studies comparing different types of green space on mental health found a lack of direct comparisons and a diverse range of outcomes. Future research should focus on comparing different types of green space and addressing factors that influence the relationship between green space and mental health.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Konrad Uebel, Melissa Marselle, Angela J. Dean, Jonathan R. Rhodes, Aletta Bonn
Summary: Research has found that urban green spaces with abundant bird sounds and minimal traffic noise offer the greatest perceived restoration, while traffic noise can moderate the positive effects of bird sounds. The duration of time lived in the city and noise sensitivity are positively associated with greater perceived restorative benefits, while noise-sensitive individuals are more negatively affected by traffic noise.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Melissa R. Marselle, Sarah J. Lindley, Penny A. Cook, Aletta Bonn
Summary: Recent research indicates that contact with biodiversity in natural urban environments can have both positive and negative effects on human physical, mental, and social health and well-being. While biodiverse ecosystems can promote positive health outcomes, they can also pose risks such as exposure to harmful viruses or pollen. As biodiversity continues to decline at an unprecedented rate, its loss could potentially impact the quality of life for all humans. Understanding the specific causal pathways through which biodiversity affects human health is a critical research gap that needs to be addressed in order to inform nature-based solutions in public health and influence policy decisions. Efforts to integrate research and develop cross-sector urban policy and planning should focus on identifying and leveraging linkages between biodiversity, climate, and human health, with an emphasis on considering urban biodiversity conservation as an investment in public health.
CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Dominic George Duckett, Altea Lorenzo-Arribas, Graham Horgan, Anna Conniff
Summary: This study analyzes UK newspaper articles and supports recent survey claims showing that decisions to reduce meat consumption are closely associated with environmental concerns, animal welfare issues, and health considerations. The application of the risk amplification framework in the area of selective meat-eating expands the explanatory scope of the more nuanced relationship between media coverage and risk-related behavior.
JOURNAL OF RISK RESEARCH
(2021)