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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023

Contact with Nature in Social Deprivation during COVID-19: The Positive Impact on Anxiety.

Ferdinando Fornara, Elena Rinallo, Massimiliano Scopelliti

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. Recognizing Patterns of Nature Contact Associated with Well-Being: An Exploratory Cluster Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024
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Ferdinando FornaraDepartment of Education, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, 09123 Cagliari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9742-8147
Elena RinalloDepartment of Human Studies, Libera Università Maria Ss. Assunta (LUMSA University), 00193 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2457-424X
Massimiliano ScopellitiDepartment of Human Studies, Libera Università Maria Ss. Assunta (LUMSA University), 00193 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4176-3245

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The 2019 outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had a devastating impact on millions of people worldwide. Following the constantly changing course of the pandemic, the Italian government massively restricted public and private life to prevent the further spread of the virus. Unfortunately, lockdown policies negatively impacted many people's mental and physical health. Numerous studies recognized an essential role of urban green areas in promoting human well-being. The present study aims to evaluate the effect of personal dispositions towards nature, measured using the connectedness to nature scale (CNS) and actual contact with green spaces (CwN) on human well-being (i.e., anxiety) and medicine intake during COVID-19 lockdowns. A total of 637 Italian residents answered a survey aimed at gathering information about the above variables. A series of path analyses were performed. The results showed that the CNS was positively associated with the CwN, and the latter, in turn, was negatively associated with anxiety. Finally, anxiety was positively related to medicine intake. In sum, these results identify the positive role of person-nature relationships for individual well-being during COVID-19 restrictions.

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COVID-19AnxietyAnxiety DisordersCommunicable Disease ControlHumansSocial Deprivationanxietyconnectedness to naturecontact with natureCOVID-19green spacesrestorativenesswell-being

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PMCPMC10379001

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