A dose of nature: Two three-level meta-analyses of the beneficial effects of exposure to nature on children's self-regulation

Weeland, Joyce; Moens, Martine A.; Beute, Femke; Assink, Mark; Staaks, Janneke; Overbeek, Geertjan

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.101326

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“…Lastly, we excluded 107 articles which did not meet at least one of our criteria and included 20 articles in this umbrella review (see Figure 1). [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]…”

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“…A majority of the recruited articles (n = 13) were systematic narrative reviews, [22][23][24][26][27][28]31,34,[36][37][38][39] and remaining articles were meta-analytic reviews (see Table 2). 21,25,29,30,32,33,35,40 . Moreover, only five studies were published until 2016, 21,22,[33][34][35] , whereas most (n = 13) studies were published since 2017.…”

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“…The quality evaluation of the reviews found no study with low quality, six studies with medium quality, 24,[27][28][29]38,40 and remaining 14 studies with high methodological quality (see Supplemental File 1). [21][22][23]25,26,[30][31][32][33][35][36][37]39…”

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“…23 Seven reviews included no primary study from Central or Latin America, Africa, or Asia. 24,27,31,32,34,38,39…”

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“…children and adolescent participants. [22][23][24]27,32,37 Four reviews reported primary studies that included students as study participants. 21,29,30,39 One review reported primary studies focusing on elderly participants.…”

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Effects of natural environment on mental health: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Hossain¹,

Sultana²,

Ma³

et al. 2020

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Objectives: To synthesize the evidence on the effects of exposure to natural environment on mental health to inform future policymaking, practice, and research. Methods: A systematic search of nine major databases and additional sources were conducted using relevant keywords for the natural environment and mental health till November 2019. We included systematic reviews or meta-analyses reporting any measures of associations between the natural environment and mental health. The data on study characteristics and research findings were extracted using the JBI data extraction tool and synthesized narratively.Results: Twenty reviews were included in this umbrella review reporting both correlational and experimental studies. Among diverse population groups, the exposure to the natural environment was associated with improvements in depressive symptoms, anxiety, mood disorders, stress, cognitive and emotional functions, affect, happiness, and overall mental wellbeing. Conclusions: The findings of this review inform beneficial mental health outcomes associated with exposure to the natural environment. This umbrella review suggests collaborative policymaking, advanced research, and evidence-based practice protecting the natural environment and improving mental health across populations.

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Section: Characteristics Of the Recruited Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…23 Seven reviews included no primary study from Central or Latin America, Africa, or Asia. 24,27,31,32,34,38,39…”

Section: Global Distribution Of Primary Studies Recruited In the Revimentioning

confidence: 99%

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Effects of natural environment on mental health: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Hossain¹,

Sultana²,

Ma³

et al. 2020

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Unraveling the longitudinal relationships between connectedness to nature, depressive symptoms, and learning burnout in adolescents

Zhang,

Chen,

Liu

et al. 2024

Journal of Adolescence

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IntroductionFollowing the conservation of resource theory and natural stress reduction theory, the current study investigated mediated pathways, reverse mediated pathways, and reciprocal pathways between connectedness to nature, depressive symptoms, and adolescent learning burnout via a half‐longitudinal analysis, and discussed gender differences in the three models.MethodsTwo waves of data were collected in December 2022 (T1) and June 2023 (T2) for this study. The sample consisted of 1092 Chinese adolescents (52.20% girls, Mage = 13.03, SD = 1.43). Semi‐longitudinal analyses were conducted to examine the relationship between connectedness to nature, depressive symptoms, and adolescent academic burnout.ResultsThe results indicated that connectedness to nature can serve as a positive resource to alleviate the levels of depressive symptoms among adolescents and thereby decrease learning burnout. However, the protective effect of connectedness to nature was smaller, and the decreasing effect of learning burnout on connectedness to nature was stronger than the alleviating effect of connectedness to nature on learning burnout. Additionally, the study found that depressive symptoms and academic burnout have a mutually reinforcing effect over time and that the effects of this interaction are more pronounced in females.ConclusionsThe present study emphasizes the protective role of nature connectedness and the detrimental effects of learning burnout in adolescents.

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How do different types and characteristics of green space impact mental health? A scoping review

Beute,

Marselle,

Olszewska‐Guizzo

et al. 2023

People and Nature

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Green space matters for mental health but is under constant pressure in an increasingly urbanising world. Often there is little space available in cities for green areas, so it is vital to optimise the design and usage of these available green spaces. To achieve this, experts in planning, design and nature conservation need to know which types and characteristics of green spaces are most beneficial for residents' mental health. A scoping review of studies that compare different green space types and characteristics on mental health was conducted. A total of 215 (experimental, observational and qualitative) papers were included in the scoping review. This review highlights a high level of heterogeneity in study design, geographical locations, mental health outcomes and green space measures. Few of the included studies were specifically designed to enable direct comparisons between green space types and characteristics (e.g. between parks and forests). The included studies have predominantly experimental research designs looking at the effects of short‐term exposure to green space on short‐term mental health outcomes (e.g. affect and physiological stress). More studies enabled only indirect comparisons, either within the same study or between different studies. Analysis of the direction of the mental health outcomes (positive, neutral, negative) from exposure to various types and characteristics of green space found positive (i.e. beneficial) effects across all green space types. However, green space characteristics did appear to render more diverse effects on mental health, which is especially the case for vegetation characteristics (e.g. higher vegetation density can be negative for mental health). The scoping review reveals gaps in the present evidence base, with a specific need for more studies directly comparing green space types and characteristics within the same study. Proposed future research directions include the use of longitudinal research designs focusing on green space characteristics, considering actual exposure and systematically addressing heterogeneity in factors influencing the relation between green spaces and mental health (e.g. type of interaction, user experience). Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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A dose of nature: Two three-level meta-analyses of the beneficial effects of exposure to nature on children's self-regulation

Cited by 63 publications

References 105 publications

Effects of natural environment on mental health: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Effects of natural environment on mental health: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Unraveling the longitudinal relationships between connectedness to nature, depressive symptoms, and learning burnout in adolescents

How do different types and characteristics of green space impact mental health? A scoping review

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