An ornithological walk to improve the well-being of mental health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: a pilot study

Murawiec, Sławomir; Tryjanowski, Piotr; A, Niţă

doi:10.5603/psych.a2021.0024

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“…Usually, higher specialized birders prefer other birds than novices (Randler et al, 2022). When it comes to the enjoyment of nature and the detachment function, such motivations may lead to a rethinking and refining or field trips compared to the usual birding trips with a high pace, some more therapeutical ornithological aspects may become important, with a focus on a lower pace and on fewer species (Murawiec et al, 2021). Thus, the usefulness of our development spans a wide range of birding.…”

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Motivations for birdwatching scale – Developing and testing an integrated measure on birding motivations

Randler

Großmann

2022

Front. Bird Sci.

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IntroductionBirding has become a widespread, nature-related outdoor leisure activity. However, birding motivation has received little attention in research on this leisure activity so far. Since previous work showed some inconsistencies that are based on different measurements and concepts, the current study aimed at unifying and broadening the construct of birding motivation. For this purpose, we summarized the previous attempts to assess and categorize birding motivation and tried to unify them in one measurement model.MethodsStarting point was a widely accepted model on outdoor recreation to which further dimensions have been added. We investigated birders (N=569) from German speaking countries regarding their birding motivations, birding specialization, and participation in various bird-related projects.ResultsExploratory factor analysis revealed six motivation factors: Enjoyment had the highest scale mean, followed by achievement, conservation, detachment, social, and finally reputation. Confirmatory factor analysis showed a better fit of the posited six-factor model compared to the previous three-factor model supporting the initial concept of adding further scales to cover the motivational constructs more widely. Higher skilled, specialized and involved birders showed higher motivation in the dimensions conservation, social, and reputation. Conservation motivation was highly correlated with submitting observations to a citizen sciences portal and with participating in breeding bird surveys or waterbird counts.DiscussionWith our results, we expand the basic three-dimensional model of recreation motivation with the additional dimensions conservation, detachment, and reputation.

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Motivations for birdwatching scale – Developing and testing an integrated measure on birding motivations

Randler

Großmann

2022

Front. Bird Sci.

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“…Thus, well-being and interest were positively, and boredom, in turn, negatively related to restoration. To our knowledge, this has not been addressed before, because previous studies based on surveys did mostly not include educational programs (exception: Murawiec et al, 2021).…”

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“…In our dataset, we could not apply detailed sub-group analyses because the sample size was lower compared to the previous survey studies ( Senese et al, 2020 ; Feng et al, 2022 ). In the future, a higher number of participants should be studied in such controlled experiments (see also Murawiec et al, 2021 ). The discrepancy of the results concerning the relationship between restoration and personality may be owed to the different measures of restoration ( Ambrey and Cartlidge, 2017 ; Senese et al, 2020 ; Feng et al, 2022 ).…”

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“…Although it seems established that bird species richness impacts health and well-being, there are few studies controlling more directly the experience of the participants, for instance, by standardizing the environment and by standardizing the time spent in nature. Murawiec et al (2021) developed a therapeutic bird walk during the COVID-19 pandemic to foster mental health ( Tryjanowski et al, 2022 ). Such a therapeutic walk focuses more on the experience and enjoyment of nature but is still connected with watching birds.…”

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Psychological restoration depends on curiosity, motivation, and species richness during a guided bird walk in a suburban blue space

Randler,

Vanhöfen,

Härtel

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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Urban and suburban green and blue spaces are important places for human recreation, and the impact of biodiversity on psychological and recalled restoration has received much attention. This study addresses the relationship between bird species richness and restoration in a controlled field experiment (guided bird walk) applying a battery of individual trait scales (need for cognition, personality) as predictors of restoration. We found a significant positive relationship between the number of bird species present and recalled restoration. Personality, bird species knowledge, bird related interest as test measures, demographics and birding specialization as self-report had no influence on psychological restoration. However, need for cognition correlated positively with psychological restoration, thus providing a new predictive variable. All subscales of the intrinsic motivation scale (enjoyment, perceived competence, perceived choice, pressure/tension) were positively correlated with restoration except of pressure/tension. Learning emotions like interest and well-being were positively related to restoration, while boredom was negatively related. Therefore, we suggest research to examine the restorative function of more cognitive-oriented programs because people may also need cognition when it comes to restoration. We also suggest a broader focus on education and cognitive aspects when it comes to linking biodiversity and health within the framework of ecosystem services.

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“…Birdwatching is increasing in many societies but was even underlined as an ideal activity for a physician [25][26][27], just because medical studies provide basic knowledge, especially in biology and physics. Moreover, clinical training then teaches to watch and listen.…”

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Jizz in birdwatching activity and clinical practice: how it works and why?

Grimalt¹,

Murawiec²,

Tryjanowski³

2023

Arch Psych Psych

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The world “jizz” is part of the language of birding in the English-speaking nations. It’s meaning is combination of characteristics which identify kind of a bird, but this characteristics may not be distinguished individually. Jizz is described as embodied way of seeing that instantaneously reveals the identity of a birds species, suspending the laborious and meticulous study of an diagnostic characteristics. In medicine there is an idea of “clinical intuition” - making judgments and clinical diagnoses without clear awareness of consecutive stages of reasoning. Intuitive decision making has been found in some cases to improve decisions and eventually lead into better performance than analytic deliberation. Can a certain sudden conclusions that appear in minds of both birdwatchers (about bird species) and medical doctors (established diagnosis), based on the use of an incomplete set of information, be accurate? And how we can use this similarity to understand process of formulating medical diagnoses? In this paper we discuss the phenomena of jizz and “clinical intuition” in the light of theory of brain as a tool of making predictions. According to this view the primary function of the brain is to make predictions about the word, rather than laborious analysis of the stimuli coming in from the environment at each successive moment. That theory according to us can explain both Jizz observed by birdwatchers and clinical intuition in medical practice.

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An ornithological walk to improve the well-being of mental health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: a pilot study

Cited by 10 publications

References 12 publications

Motivations for birdwatching scale – Developing and testing an integrated measure on birding motivations

Motivations for birdwatching scale – Developing and testing an integrated measure on birding motivations

Psychological restoration depends on curiosity, motivation, and species richness during a guided bird walk in a suburban blue space

Jizz in birdwatching activity and clinical practice: how it works and why?

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