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Measuring pro-environmental behaviour and its determinants: a quick scoping review of existing closed answer measures and design considerations to inform survey design.

Published online: 15 Jan 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Doughty, H. L. & Thomas-Walters, L. & Lamont, R.

Content type: Reports

Understanding what predicts more or less individual pro-environmental behaviour is one important part of wider efforts towards the protection and rest...

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Compassion and the perceived rarity of plants can increase plant appreciation.

Published online: 11 Feb 2025

Authors: Prokop, P. & Belzárová, K. & Čergeťová, I. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Plants have traditionally been perceived as "less alive" and less attractive than animals, posing challenges for conservation initiatives. Previous ef...

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'A deep, empathetic, wondrous connection': autistic adults' definitions and experiences of nature connection.

Published online: 10 Feb 2025

Authors: Friedman, S. & McHaffie, S. & Noble, R. & Stenning, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Connection to nature is an important concept for understanding human-nature relationships, interests in nature and pro-environmental behaviours. Howev...

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Links between natural environments and mental health.

Published online: 19 Aug 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Seers, H. & Mughal, R. & Chatterjee, H.

Content type: Reports

This briefing summarises the evidence of the links between the natural environment and mental health in the UK. It is based on a rapid review of the l...

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A qualitative exploration of the contribution of blue space to well-being in the lives of people with severe mental illness.

Published online: 09 Jul 2024

Authors: Wright, K. & Eden, S. & Hancox, A. & Windget, D. & Elliott, L. & Glossop, Z. & Johnston, G. & Johnston, R. I. & Lobban, F. & Lodge, C. & Palmier-Claus, J. & Parkin, S. & White, P. C. L. & Bell, S. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The majority of research into the mental health benefits of blue space (outdoor places where water is a central feature) has focussed on the associati...

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Threatening stimuli have differential effects on movement preparation and execution-a study on snake fear.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Zsidó, A. N. & Inhof, O. & Kiss, B. L. & Bali, C. & March, D. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

How people experience nature influences their attitudes and actions towards it. Having had a negative encounter with an animal may facilitate avoidanc...

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Multidimensional mental representations of natural environment among Chinese preadolescents via draw-and-write mapping.

Published online: 19 Mar 2024

Authors: Yue ZhiHui & Meng YiChuan & Chen Jin

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The mental associations that children have with the natural environment can be referred to as their natural representations. These representations enc...

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How to increase nature connectedness? Effectiveness and mechanisms of a gratitude journal intervention.

Published online: 17 Dec 2024

Authors: Samus, A. & Dickinson, K. J. M. & Freeman, C. & Heezik, Y. van

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Nature connectedness can promote pro-environmental behaviour and psychological well-being, but little is known about how nature connectedness can be s...

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Individual traits are associated with pro-environmental behaviour: environmental sensitivity, nature connectedness and consideration for future consequences.

Published online: 15 Jul 2024

Authors: Dunne, H. & Lionetti, F. & Pluess, M. & Setti, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Despite growing concern about climate change, there remains a significant gap between individuals' environmental concern and their actual behaviour. H...

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What monarch butterfly waystation names and characteristics can reveal about program participants.

Published online: 09 Jul 2024

Authors: Geest, E. A. & Taylor, O. R. & Baum, K. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) have undergone large scale population declines leading to multiple conservation organizations encouraging the c...

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