Nature and restorative environments
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Which five general variables mediate nature and health?
2 -exercise (!?)
3- Social contacts !(!)
4- child developments (!??)
5 -meaning of life !??
Examples of evidences that nature increase health? (3)
- Walkable green - lower mortality (japan) - Takano 2003,
- Gap high/low incomes and health inequality can be reduced by green places (Lancet, 2008)
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Which grounding and theories are under the nature-rest-health approach (3)?
2 theories:
- Stress reduction theory, Ullrich, 1983: perception nature causes reduction negative feelings and recovers stress
- Attention restoration theory: perception of nature causes recovery of attentional fatigue (ART, Kaplan & Kaplan, 1989)
Results: effects on cognitive tasks, mood or attentional fatigue.
Which variables are grounding the exercises approach?
Nature -> Social contacts -> health?
It increases:
- helpfullness
- generousity.
Nature -> Child development?
Sensitive phases
Natural play stimulate psychological and motor development, especially in the some sensitive phases.
Enhancement of personal growth?
feelings of autonomy, competence and relatedness
Wilderness tours, case studies.
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