Understanding changes to children's connection to nature during the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for child well-being.
Understanding changes to children's connection to nature during the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for child well-being.
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10.1002/pan3.10270
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2022-03
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Hughes C
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Friedman S;Imrie S;Fink E;Gedikoglu M;Hughes C
虽然与大自然的心理联系与环保行为和福祉有关，但迫切需要扩展这项研究，以考虑COVID-19封锁期的影响。研究在此期间儿童与自然的联系是否发生了变化，确定这些变化的驱动因素，并确定与自然的联系与儿童福祉之间的联系，每一项都可以指导封锁后的举措，以促进儿童与自然的联系。在对英国376个有幼儿的家庭进行抽样调查后，得出了三个结果。首先，近三分之二的父母报告说，他们的孩子与自然的联系发生了变化（最典型的是增加）。这一增长的原因包括有更多的时间，增加了对自然的享受，增加了对自然的认识或兴趣。其次，在大流行期间与自然的联系减少的儿童中，有三分之一表现出更多的幸福问题-表现为“行为”（外部问题）或悲伤/焦虑（内部问题）。第三，在大流行期间，富裕家庭的儿童与自然的联系比不太富裕的同龄人更明显。虽然与自然联系可能是解决儿童福祉问题的有效手段，但对不同家庭背景儿童的不同研究结果表明，加强与自然联系的努力应侧重于来自较不富裕家庭的儿童所遇到的障碍。可以在本文的支持信息中找到免费的简明语言摘要。可以在本文的支持信息中找到免费的简明语言摘要。
While psychological connection to nature is known to be associated with both pro‐environmental behaviours and well‐being, there is an urgent need to extend this research to consider impacts from the COVID‐19 lockdown period. Examining whether children's connection to nature changed during this period, identifying the drivers of these changes and determining the links between connection to nature and child well‐being can each serve to guide post‐lockdown initiatives to promote children's connection to nature. Three findings emerged from this UK sample of 376 families with young children. First, nearly two thirds of parents reported a change (most typically, an increase) in their child's connection to nature. Explanations for this increase included having more time, increased enjoyment of nature and increased awareness or interest in nature. Second, a third of children whose connection to nature decreased during the pandemic displayed increased problems of well‐being—manifest as either ‘acting out’ (externalising problems) or sadness/anxiety (internalising problems). Third, an increase in connection to nature during the pandemic was more evident for children from affluent families than for their less affluent peers. While connecting to nature may be an effective means of addressing child problems of well‐being, the divergent findings for children from different family backgrounds indicate that efforts to enhance connection to nature should focus on the barriers experienced by children from less affluent families. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.
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