Home garden use during COVID-19: Associations with physical and mental wellbeing in older adults

Corley, Janie; Okely, Judith A.; Taylor, Adele M.; Page, Danielle; Welstead, Miles; Skarabela, Barbora; Redmond, Paul; Cox, Simon R.; Russ, Tom C.

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101545

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“…This notion stems from the assumption that the pandemic has caused the majority of people to experience higher levels of stress, uncertainty and fear, and, as a result, natural environments might act as a 'refuge' in which they can foster psychological stability. In other words, nature can serve as a buffer in decreasing the adverse impacts of major stressful events on human health and well-being (Corley et al, 2021;Dzhambov et al, 2020;Grima et al, 2020;Pouso et al, 2020;Soga et al, 2021;Theodorou et al, in press). Indeed, especially in more developed countries, during the pandemic, there have been many positive messages in the media about the role of nature experiences in maintaining people's psychological wellbeing (e.g.…”

Section: Pathway 3: Changes In Motivationmentioning

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Impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on human–nature interactions: Pathways, evidence and implications

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The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (hereafter pandemic) and the resultant global response have dramatically altered people's daily lives. To curb the transmission of the virus, governments in many countries, regions and localities have implemented strict policies of social distancing and shelter-in-place (i.e. working from home or just staying home). These policies, together with more voluntary behavioural changes, have resulted in unprecedented shifts in human activity in a very short period, such as reduced travel, the closing down of much business activity and an increased time spent at home. At least in many developed countries, these rapid and widespread changes in human lives, along with the associated changes in anthropogenic pressures on the environment, have altered the dynamics of direct interactions between humans and nature (hereafter human-nature interactions). These changes have manifested in

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Section: Pathway 3: Changes In Motivationmentioning

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Impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on human–nature interactions: Pathways, evidence and implications

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“…This crisis revealed that many people preferred to spend more time outdoors, preferred preparing meals at home, performed more crafting activities and were creative more often. This greater emphasis on sustainable leisure activities can also be discussed as a strategy to support resilience (Corley et al, 2021) during the Covid-19 crisis and may be important during the climate crisis as well. Thus, ways to further support this increase in potential low resource activities should be explored.…”

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“…Ropke and Godskesen (2007) characterized sustainable leisure as requiring low levels of resources, being time consuming, close to home, using shared facilities and focusing on one thing at a time. Corley et al (2021) for example could show that garden use increased during covid-19 and is connected to better health among older adults. Furthermore, activities such as spending time outdoors (Lemmey, 2020) or sustainable food consumption (Borsellino et al, 2020;Whitmarsch et al, 2020) increased.…”

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Heavy Crisis, New Perspectives? Investigating the role of Consumption, Time Wealth and Meaning Construction during countrywide Covid-19 lockdown in Germany

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Richter²,

Hunecke³

2021

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The Covid-19 pandemic profoundly changed the way we live and consume. One open ques-tion is whether the crisis provides an opportunity to increase alternatives to materialistic con-sumption. We characterize these alternatives as sustainable leisure behaviour. In this context, Time Wealth and Meaning Construction in the form of Life Reflection might be important variables. In our study we aimed: (i) To investigate changes in behaviour frequency of con-sumption and sustainable leisure before and during lockdown. (ii) Analyse how potential changes in behaviours are appraised and if there are intentions to keep changed behaviour fre-quencies. (iii) Analyse whether Time Wealth and Life Reflection can be related to reduced consumption behaviours and increased sustainable leisure behaviours during lockdown.We collected data from 947 participants in a Germany-wide online survey using questionnaires. Participants reported behaviour frequency of consumption and sustainable leisure before and during lockdown. In cases where behaviour frequencies changed participants evaluated this change and indicated future intentions.Main findings: (i) Pairwise t-tests revealed reduced consumption behaviour in Electronics and Clothes. All sustainable leisure behaviours increased during lockdown. (ii) The increase of sustainable behaviour was positively correlated with evaluation and future intentions and we found mixed results concerning consumption behaviour. (iii) In multiple regression analysis, Time Wealth was positively related to sustainable leisure behaviours as well as Life Reflection except for Outdoor Activities. Explorative analysis revealed small but significant positive correlations of sustainable leisure behaviours with Life Satisfaction and Presence of Meaning.In section 4.3 we discuss how findings can inform future actions towards sustainability.

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“…Among the nature exposure and health studies published during the first year of COVID-19 pandemic, the majority indicated positive associations between nature exposure and human health with some variation in effect by the severity of lockdown, types of nature exposure, amount of nature contact, and sociodemographic and racial/ethnic composition. However, some studies also reported mixed or inconsistent findings regarding changes in the amount of nature contact during lockdowns, positive vs. negative impacts on health from nature contact, and disparities in nature contact and related health impacts (Sapano et al, 2021;Pan et al, 2021;Browning et al, 2021;Corley et al, 2021;Lu et al, 2021a). Considering these variations in evidence among the existing studies, it seems timely and reasonable to review the net contributions of nature in coping with the pandemic.…”

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Nature’s contributions in coping with a pandemic in the 21st century: A narrative review of evidence during COVID-19

Labib¹,

Browning²,

Rigolon³

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While COVID-19 lockdowns have slowed coronavirus transmission, such structural measures also have unintended consequences on mental and physical health. Growing evidence shows that exposure to the natural environment (e.g., blue-green spaces) can improve human health and wellbeing. In this narrative review, we synthesized the evidence about nature’s contributions to health and wellbeing during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. We found that during lockdowns, people experienced multiple types of nature, including both outdoors and indoors. Frequency of visits to outdoor natural areas (i.e., public parks) depended on lockdown severity and socio-cultural contexts. Other forms of nature exposure, such as spending time in private gardens and viewing outdoor greenery from windows, may have increased. The majority of the evidence suggests nature exposure during lockdowns was associated with less depression, anxiety, stress, and more happiness and life satisfaction. Additionally, nature exposure was correlated with less physical inactivity and fewer sleep disturbances. Evidence was mixed regarding associations between nature exposure and COVID-related health outcomes, while nature visits might be associated with greater rates of COVID-19 transmission and mortality when proper social distancing measures were not maintained. Findings on whether nature exposure during lockdowns helped ameliorate health inequities by, for example, impacting the health of lower-socioeconomic populations more than their higher-socioeconomic counterparts, were mixed. Based on these findings, we argue that nature exposure may have buffered the negative mental and behavioral impacts of lockdowns during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recovery and resilience during the current and future public health crises might be improved with nature-based solutions, interventions, designs, and governance.

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Home garden use during COVID-19: Associations with physical and mental wellbeing in older adults

Cited by 176 publications

References 66 publications

Impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on human–nature interactions: Pathways, evidence and implications

Impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on human–nature interactions: Pathways, evidence and implications

Heavy Crisis, New Perspectives? Investigating the role of Consumption, Time Wealth and Meaning Construction during countrywide Covid-19 lockdown in Germany

Nature’s contributions in coping with a pandemic in the 21st century: A narrative review of evidence during COVID-19

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