Stress Regulation via Being in Nature and Social Support in Adults, a Meta-analysis

Abstract

This meta-analysis explored whether being in nature and emotional social support are effective in reducing levels of stress through a Registered Report. We retrieved all the relevant articles that investigated a connection between one of these two strategies and various components of stress (physiological, affective and cognitive) as well as affective consequences of stress. We followed a stringent analysis workflow (including permutation-based selection models and multilevel regression-based models) to provide publication bias-corrected estimates. We found [no evidence for the efficacy of either strategy/evidence for one of the two strategies/evidence for both strategies] with an estimated mean effect size of [xx/xx] and we recommend [recommendation will be provided if necessary].

Stress regulation via self-administered mindfulness and biofeedback interventions in adults: A pre-registered meta-analysis

“…Following the workflow of IJzerman et al ( 2023) and of Sparacio et al, (2023) we utilized a multilevel random-effects meta-analysis model using the restricted maximumlikelihood estimation with the R package metafor, version 2.0 (Viechtbauer, 2010). We included all the important dependent variables in our models even if some of them came from a single study.…”

“…In a follow-up meta-analysis, we continued our approach to better understanding stress regulation, as we there appraised the available evidence of two external stress regulation strategies, namely being in nature and emotional social support (seeSparacio et al, 2023) …”