ArticleScientific reports2023
Contact with nature for emotion regulation: the roles of nature connectedness and beauty engagement in urban young adults.
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- Benefits for emotional regulation of contact with nature: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Digital Nature Interventions on Positive Psychological Outcomes: A Scoping Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Stepping back to cope: a moderated mediation model of digital disconnection and online social anxiety.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The Effects of Connectedness to Nature on Psychological Well-Being in Chinese Older Adults: A Moderated Mediation Model.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Health benefits of viewing nature through windows: A meta-analysis.Bioscience · 2025Review
- Green exercise, nature connectedness, and academic burnout: a psychological study based on Chinese university students.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The scenicness of historic buildings rivals that of natural features: evidence from crowdsourced photographs of English urban areas.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- Nature Connectedness Reduces Internet Gaming Disorder: The Chain Mediating Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty and Desire Thinking.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Contact with nature has emotional benefits, but the psychological mechanism and potential moderator underlying the association between nature contact and emotion regulation remain unclear. The present study investigated how self-reported frequency of nature contact is associated with the use of emotion regulation strategies and explored the mediating role of nature connectedness (i.e., psychological connection to nature) and the moderating role of engagement with natural beauty. Employing mediation and moderated mediation analyses, in a cross-sectional sample of 2097 young adults aged 18-35 years old (M = 24.01, SD = 4.80) residing in urban China, we obtained three major findings. First, nature connectedness mediated the associations between direct/indirect nature contact and cognitive reappraisal as well as expressive suppression. Second, engagement with natural beauty moderated the path from direct/indirect nature contact to cognitive reappraisal in the mediation models. Third, engagement with natural beauty moderated the path from indirect nature contact to nature connectedness in the mediation models. Our study is the first to reveal mediating and moderating factors in the relationships among direct/indirect contact with nature, nature connectedness, engagement with natural beauty, and emotion regulation strategies. These findings provide support for the emotional health of nature contact and have implications for nature-based education and urban planning.
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