游览大自然与威尔士社会经济不平等程度较低的福祉有关
Joanne K Garrett1, Francis M Rowney2,3, Mathew P White2,4
1European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Truro, UK. j.k.garrett@exeter.ac.uk.
Scientific reports
|June 15, 2023
概括
在大自然中度过时间可以提高福祉,减少社会经济差距. 虽然住宅绿地没有显示出明确的联系,但积极与大自然接触证明对心理健康有益.
科学领域:
- 环境心理学 环境心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 城市规划 城市规划
背景情况:
- 众所周知,自然环境通过各种机制提高了人们的福祉.
- 研究往往侧重于接近绿色/蓝色空间 (GBS),但不太关注实际的GBS利用.
- 了解自然暴露与幸福之间的关系对于公共卫生倡议至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查住宅GBS,在自然界度过的时间和主观幸福感之间的关联.
- 检查GBS和自然参与如何影响福祉的社会经济不平等.
- 测试关于大自然对心理健康结果的影响的假设.
主要方法:
- 使用了全国代表性调查 (威尔士国家调查) 参与者N=7631.
- 匿名链接调查数据与空间GBS数据.
- 分析了住宅GBS指标 (例如,增强植被指数) 和自然环境中的时间与福祉分数 (WEMWBS) 之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 住宅GBS和在自然界度过的时间都与主观幸福感有关.
- 较高的住宅绿色显示出与幸福感有意想不到的负相关性 (β = -1.84).
- 在自然界度过的时间 (每周≥4小时) 与明显更高的福祉 (β = 3.57) 和减少社会经济不平等有关.
结论:
- 与大自然积极接触,而不仅仅是接近,是提高福祉的关键.
- 在大自然中度过的时间可以减轻心理健康的社会经济差异,支持等性生长理论.
- 促进自然资源获取的政策可以减少不平等现象,改善人口的福祉.
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