Exposure and connectedness to natural environments: An examination of the measurement invariance of the Nature Exposure Scale (NES) and Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups

Detachment from nature is contributing to the environmental crisis and reversing this trend requires detailed monitoring and targeted interventions to reconnect people to nature. Most tools measuring nature exposure and attachment were developed in high-income countries and little is known about the...

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Autores: Hawks, Steven R., Hekmati, Issa, Helmy, Mai, Hill, Tetiana, Hina, Farah, Holenweger, Geraldine, Hřebíčková, Martina, Ijabadeniyi, Olasupo Augustine, Imam, Asma, İnce, Başak, Irrazabal, Natalia, Jankauskiene, Rasa, Jiang, Ding-Yu, Jiménez-Borja, Micaela, Jiménez-Borja, Verónica, Johnson, Evan M., Jovanović, Veljko, Jović, Marija, Jović, Marko, Pereira Junqueira, Alessandra Costa, Kahle, Lisa-Marie, Kantanista, Adam, Karakiraz, Ahmet, Karkin, Ayşe Nur, Kasten, Erich, Khatib, Salam, Khieowan, Nuannut, Kimong, Patricia Joseph, Kiropoulos, Litza, Knittel, Joshua, Kohli, Neena, Koprivnik, Mirjam, Kospakov, Aituar, Król-Zielińska, Magdalena, Krug, Isabel, Kuan, Garry, Kueh, Yee Cheng, Kujan, Omar, Kukić, Miljana, Kumar, Sanjay, Kumar, Vipul, Lamba, Nishtha, Lauri, Mary Anne, Laus, Maria Fernanda, LeBlanc, Liza April, Lee, Hyejoo J., Lipowska, Małgorzata, Lipowski, Mariusz, Lombardo, Caterina, Lukács, Andrea, Maïano, Christophe, Malik, Sadia, Manjary, Mandar, Baldó, Lidia Márquez, Martinez-Banfi, Martha, Massar, Karlijn, Matera, Camilla, McAnirlin, Olivia, Mebarak, Moisés Roberto, Mechri, Anwar, Filgueiras Meireles, Juliana Fernandes, Mesko, Norbert, Mills, Jacqueline, Miyairi, Maya, Modi, Ritu, Modrzejewska, Adriana, Modrzejewska, Justyna, Mulgrew, Kate E., Myers, Taryn A., Namatame, Hikari, Nassani, Mohammad Zakaria, Nerini, Amanda, Neto, Félix, Neto, Joana, Neves, Angela Nogueira, Ng, Siu-Kuen, Nithiya, Devi, O, Jiaqing, Obeid, Sahar, Oda-Montecinos, Camila, Olapegba, Peter Olamakinde, Olonisakin, Tosin Tunrayo, Omar, Salma Samir, Örlygsdóttir, Brynja, Özsoy, Emrah, Otterbring, Tobias, Pahl, Sabine, Panasiti, Maria Serena, Park, Yonguk, Patwary, Muhammad Mainuddin, Pethö, Tatiana, Petrova, Nadezhda, Pietschnig, Jakob, Pourmahmoud, Sadaf, Prabhu, Vishnunarayan Girishan, Poštuvan, Vita, Prokop, Pavol, Ramseyer Winter, Virginia L., Razmus, Magdalena, Ru, Taotao, Rupar, Mirjana, Sahlan, Reza N., Hassan, Mohammad Salah, Šalov, Anđela, Sapkota, Saphal, Sarfo, Jacob Owusu, Sawamiya, Yoko, Schaefer, Katrin, Schulte-Mecklenbeck, Michael, Seekis, Veya, Selvi, Kerim, Sharifi, Mehdi, Shrivastava, Anita, Siddique, Rumana Ferdousi, Sigurdsson, Valdimar, Silkane, Vineta, Šimunić, Ana, Singh, Govind, Slezáčková, Alena, Sundgot-Borgen, Christine, Hoor, Gill Ten, Tevichapong, Passagorn, Tipandjan, Arun, Todd, Jennifer, Togas, Constantinos, Tonini, Fernando, Tovar-Castro, Juan Camilo, Jepsen Trangsrud, Lise Katrine, Tripathi, Pankaj, Tudorel, Otilia, Tylka, Tracy L., Uyzbayeva, Anar, Vally, Zahir, Vanags, Edmunds, Vega, Luis Diego, Vicente-Arruebarrena, Aitor, Vidal-Mollón, Jose, Vilar, Roosevelt, Villegas, Hyxia, Vintilă, Mona, Wallner, Christoph, Whitebridge, Simon, Windhager, Sonja, Wong, Kah Yan, Yau, Eric Kenson, Yamamiya, Yuko, Lan Yeung, Victoria Wai, Zanetti, Marcelo Callegari, Zawisza, Magdalena, Zeeni, Nadine, Zvaríková, Martina, Stieger, Stefan, Swami, Viren, White, Mathew P., Voracek, Martin, Tran, Ulrich S., Aavik, Toivo, Ranjbar, Hamed Abdollahpour, Adebayo, Sulaiman Olanrewaju, Afhami, Reza, Ahmed, Oli, Aimé, Annie, Akel, Marwan, Al Halbusi, Hussam, Alexias, George, Ali, Khawla F., Alp-Dal, Nursel, Alsalhani, Anas B., Álvarez-Solas, Sara, Soares Amaral, Ana Carolina, Andrianto, Sonny, Aspden, Trefor, Argyrides, Marios, Aruta, John Jamir Benzon R., Atkin, Stephen, Ayandele, Olusola, Baceviciene, Migle, Bahbouh, Radvan, Ballesio, Andrea, Barron, David, Bellard, Ashleigh, Bender, SóleySesselja, Beydaǧ, Kerime Derya, Birovljević, Gorana, Blackburn, Marie-Ève, Borja-Alvarez, Teresita, Borowiec, Joanna, Bozogáňová, Miroslava, Bratland-Sanda, Solfrid, Browning, MatthewH.E.M., Brytek-Matera, Anna, Burakova, Marina, Çakır-Koçak, Yeliz, Camacho, Pablo, Camilleri, Vittorio Emanuele, Cazzato, Valentina, Cerea, Silvia, Chaiwutikornwanich, Apitchaya, Chaleeraktrakoon, Trawin, Chambers, Tim, Chen, Qing-Wei, Chen, Xin, Chien, Chin-Lung, Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit, Choompunuch, Bovornpot, Compte, Emilio J., Corrigan, Jennifer, Cosmas, Getrude, Cowden, Richard G., Czepczor-Bernat, Kamila, Czub, Marcin, Roberto da Silva, Wanderson [UNESP], Dadfar, Mahboubeh, Dalley, Simon E., Dany, Lionel, Datu, Jesus Alfonso D., Berbert de Carvalho, Pedro Henrique, Lins de Holanda Coelho, Gabriel, De Jesus, Avila Odia S., Debbabi, Sonia Harzallah, Dhakal, Sandesh, Di Bernardo, Francesca, Dimitrova, Donka D., Dion, Jacinthe, Dixson, Barnaby, Donofrio, Stacey M., Drysch, Marius, Du, Hongfei, Dzhambov, Angel M., El-Jor, Claire, Enea, Violeta, Eskin, Mehmet, Farbod, Farinaz, Farrugia, Lorleen, Fian, Leonie, Fisher, Maryanne L., Folwarczny, Michał, Frederick, David A., Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew, Furnham, Adrian, García, Antonio Alías, Geller, Shulamit, Ghisi, Marta, Ghorbani, Alireza, Gomez Martinez, Maria Angeles, Gradidge, Sarah, Graf, Sylvie, Grano, Caterina, Gyene, Gyöngyvér, Hallit, Souheil, Hamdan, Motasem, Handelzalts, Jonathan E., Hanel, PaulH.P.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/309617
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102432
https://hdl.handle.net/11449/309617
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Connectedness to nature scale
Cross-cultural
Measurement invariance
Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis (MG-CFA)
Nature exposure scale
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Sumario:Detachment from nature is contributing to the environmental crisis and reversing this trend requires detailed monitoring and targeted interventions to reconnect people to nature. Most tools measuring nature exposure and attachment were developed in high-income countries and little is known about their robustness across national and linguistic groups. Therefore, we used data from the Body Image in Nature Survey to assess measurement invariance of the Nature Exposure Scale (NES) and the Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups (N = 56,968). While multi-group confirmatory factor analysis (MG-CFA) of the NES supported full scalar invariance across gender identities and age groups, only partial scalar invariance was supported across national and linguistic groups. MG-CFA of the CNS also supported full scalar invariance across gender identities and age groups, but only partial scalar invariance of a 7-item version of the CNS across national and linguistic groups. Nation-level associations between NES and CNS scores were negligible, likely reflecting a lack of conceptual clarity over what the NES is measuring. Individual-level associations between both measures and sociodemographic variables were weak. Findings suggest that the CNS-7 may be a useful tool to measure nature connectedness globally, but measures other than the NES may be needed to capture nature exposure cross-culturally.