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ArticleScientific reports2023

Objective greenness, connectedness to nature and sunlight levels towards perceived restorativeness in urban nature.

Giuseppina Spano, Elisabetta Ricciardi, Annalisa Theodorou, Vincenzo Giannico, Alessandro Oronzo Caffò, Andrea Bosco, Giovanni Sanesi, Angelo Panno

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Giuseppina SpanoDepartment of Education, Psychology, Communication Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Via Scipione Crisanzio, 42 70122, Bari, Italy. giuseppina.spano@uniba.it.
Elisabetta RicciardiDepartment of Education, Psychology, Communication Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Via Scipione Crisanzio, 42 70122, Bari, Italy.
Annalisa TheodorouDepartment of Education, Experimental Psychology Laboratory, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy.
Vincenzo GiannicoDepartment of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Alessandro Oronzo CaffòDepartment of Education, Psychology, Communication Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Via Scipione Crisanzio, 42 70122, Bari, Italy.
Andrea BoscoDepartment of Education, Psychology, Communication Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Via Scipione Crisanzio, 42 70122, Bari, Italy.
Giovanni SanesiDepartment of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Angelo PannoDepartment of Human Science, Experimental and Applied Psychology Laboratory, European University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

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Abstract

The beneficial effect of exposure to nature and immersion in natural environments on perceived well-being is well established. Nevertheless, we acknowledge an emerging need to disentangle the role of specific environmental features from individual factors that encourage a positive person-environment interaction. This study aimed at evaluating the associations between four buffer distances of greenness and dimensions of perceived restorativeness, with connectedness towards nature (CTN) as a confounder variable, in a sample of 312 visitors to a large urban park. Variables investigating ecosystem services (ES, e.g., thermal comfort) were included as covariates. Results revealed differentiated effects of greenness level, sunlight intensity, and connectedness to nature in the pathways towards dimensions of restorativeness. Greenness level at 300 m was associated with Fascination, Scope, and Being Away, while at 500 m was associated with Coherence, Scope, and Being Away. ES was found to be associated with Coherence, while CTN with the other three dimensions of restorativeness. The moderating effect of sunlight level in the relationship between NDVI buffer distances and the total score of perceived restorativeness was also confirmed. The present work is intended to offer insights on the interplay between environmental features and individual differences for implications in several contexts, including the opportunity to develop tailor-made planning for urban forestry.

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