The Value of Zoo Experiences for Connecting People with Nature

Bruni, Coral M.; Fraser, John; Schultz, P. Wesley

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“…Mayer et al, 2009). Similarly, it may be useful to experimentally examine whether spending time in nature, which is known to result in a stronger sense of being connected to nature (e.g., Bruni, Fraser, & Schultz, 2008), improves an individual's state body appreciation. Last, although we randomised the order of presentation of the scales in this study, it is possible that completing the Connectedness to Nature Scale first may have altered body appreciation.…”

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Self-esteem mediates the relationship between connectedness to nature and body appreciation in women, but not men

2016

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variables in women. In men, body appreciation was significantly correlated with self-esteem, but not connectedness to nature. Mediation analysis showed that, in women, self-esteem fully mediated the relationship between connectedness to nature and body appreciation. In men, body appreciation was significantly associated with self-esteem, but not connectedness to nature. These results point to a potential route for improving body image among women through connectedness to nature and self-esteem, but further research is necessary.

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“…These individual differences are generally stable over time, but prior studies have shown that they can change with experience. For example, Bruni et al (2008) showed that spending a day at the zoo resulted in higher connectedness with nature scores. Similar results were reported by Schultz and Tabanico (2007), who also reported that other recreational activities like golfing or exercising did not produce a change in connectedness scores.…”

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“…At the implicit level, studies have made use of the implicit association test (IAT; Bruni, Fraser, & Schultz, 2008;Schultz & Tabanico, 2007). The IAT-Nature procedure measures the strength of the cognitive association between "self" and "nature," and the cumulative results have yielded several clear findings.…”

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Three studies are reported that examine the effects of valence on connectedness with nature. In Study 1, results showed that the implicit association test (IAT) effect is robust to the valence of the stimuli. Participants showed stronger self-nature than self-built associations, regardless of whether the stimuli were positively or negatively valenced. Study 2 further tested that the positive IAT effect is due to the valence of the stimuli and showed an equally large IAT effect and a strong positive correlation between the positively and negatively valenced IAT stimuli. In Study 3, we address potential confounding effects of valence with a newly matched set of stimuli. Results were consistent with our prior findings in showing that valence of the stimuli did not affect the IAT scores. We conclude that while there are individual differences in connectedness with nature, such beliefs are not affected by positive or negative aspects of natural or built environments.

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“…The London Zoo offers a suitable setting for the investigation of the relationship between family visitor motivation and the observable aspects of their visit strategies through smartphones two reasons: the availability of a relatively well-developed body of research on the family visit experience to zoos in general (Bruni et al 2008, Falk et al 2007, Ross and Gillespie 2009, Rosenfeld 1981, Yocco et al 2010 and the London Zoo specifically (Tunnicliffe et al 1997) and also the possibility to use GPS effectively for location tracking. According to the literature, a core ingredient of the visit experience is the family's own agenda about what the visit will hold, which incorporates prior knowledge and cultural itineraries.…”

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Conducting Visitor Studies Using Smartphone-Based Location Sensing

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2015

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Visitor studies explore human experiences within museums, cultural heritage sites and other informal learning settings to inform decisions. Smartphones offer novel opportunities for extending the depth and breadth of visitor studies while considerably reducing their cost and their demands on specialist human resources. By enabling the collection of significantly higher volumes of data they also make possible the application of advanced machine learning and visualization techniques potentially leading to the discovery of new patterns and behaviors that cannot be captured by simple descriptive statistics. In this paper we present a principled approach to the use of smartphones for visitor studies in particular proposing a structured methodology and associated methods that enable its effective use in this context. We discuss specific methodological considerations that have to be addressed for effective data collection, pre-processing and analysis, and identify the limitations in the applicability of these tools using family visits to the London Zoo as a case study. We conclude with a discussion of the wider opportunities afforded by the introduction of smartphones and related technologies and outline the steps towards establishing them as a standard tool for visitor studies.

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The Value of Zoo Experiences for Connecting People with Nature

Cited by 83 publications

References 18 publications

Self-esteem mediates the relationship between connectedness to nature and body appreciation in women, but not men

Self-esteem mediates the relationship between connectedness to nature and body appreciation in women, but not men

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