The effect of contact with natural environments on positive and negative affect: A meta-analysis
The effect of contact with natural environments on positive and negative affect: A meta-analysis
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DOI：
10.1080/17439760.2014.994224
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发表时间：
2015-11-02
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Estes, David
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作者：
McMahan, Ethan A.;Estes, David
越来越多的实证研究表明，与自然环境的短暂接触可以改善情绪健康。目前的研究使用元分析技术综合了这一研究主体，并评估了暴露于自然环境对积极和消极影响的平均效应大小。纳入了32项研究，共2356例受试者。在这些研究中，与比较条件相比，暴露于自然环境与积极影响的适度增加和消极影响的较小但一致的减少有关。显着的异质性被发现的影响，性质的积极影响，和类型的情绪评估，类型的暴露于自然，研究的位置，和样本的平均年龄被发现缓和这种效果。这些研究结果对现有理论和研究的影响进行了讨论，特别强调了未来富有成效的研究自然对幸福的影响的潜在途径。
A growing body of empirical research suggests that brief contact with natural environments improves emotional well-being. The current study synthesizes this body of research using meta-analytic techniques and assesses the mean effect size of exposure to natural environments on both positive and negative affect. Thirty-two studies with a total of 2356 participants were included. Across these studies, exposure to natural environments was associated with a moderate increase in positive affect and a smaller, yet consistent, decrease in negative affect relative to comparison conditions. Significant heterogeneity was found for the effect of nature on positive affect, and type of emotion assessment, type of exposure to nature, location of study, and mean age of sample were found to moderate this effect. The implications of these findings for existing theory and research are discussed, with particular emphasis placed on potential avenues for fruitful future research examining the effects of nature on well-being.