自然暴露如何影响精神疾病症状的成年人? 一个元分析
Joanna E Bettmann1, Elizabeth Speelman2, Ellison Blumenthal3
1University of Utah College of Social Work, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
International journal of mental health nursing
|August 29, 2024
概括
在大自然中度过时间显著改善了精神疾病症状的成年人的心理健康. 这一元分析证实了自然界的暴露.
科学领域:
- 环境心理学 环境心理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 现有研究强调了自然暴露对一般成人心理健康的好处.
- 自然暴露与减少抑郁症状,压力和改善情绪和生活质量有关.
研究的目的:
- 确定自然暴露对患有精神疾病症状的成年人的社会,精神和身体健康的影响.
- 综合自然暴露和心理健康结果的定量数据.
主要方法:
- 对1990年至2020年间发表的研究进行元分析.
- 包括在多个时间点使用经过验证的仪器对自然暴露的定量数据的研究.
- 专注于涉及成年人精神疾病症状的研究.
主要成果:
- 对于自然暴露对精神疾病症状的成年人心理健康的影响,发现了显著的,中等的效果大小.
- 在结合对照组的研究中观察到较小但显著的效果大小.
- 分析确定了影响效果大小的关键因素,包括自然剂量,设置和活性.
结论:
- 自然暴露对患有精神疾病的成年人的心理,社会和身体健康有显著的潜在益处.
- 研究结果支持将基于自然的干预措施纳入医疗保健战略.
- 进一步的研究可以完善对治疗结果的最佳自然暴露参数的理解.
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