From childhood blue space exposure to adult environmentalism: The role of nature connectedness and nature contact

Nature contact in childhood is associated with pro-environmental behaviours (PEB) later in life. While previous literature focused on nature contact in general, the current work specifically explored childhood blue space exposure (coasts, rivers, lakes etc.) and potential mechanisms underlying any r...

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Autores: Stehl, Patricia, White, Mathew P., Vitale, Valeria, Pahl, Sabine, Elliott, Lewis R., Fian, Leonie, van den Bosch, Matilda A.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10230/60519
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/60519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102225
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pro-environmental behaviour
Nature connectedness
Nature contact
Childhood
Blue/green spaces
Austria
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spelling From childhood blue space exposure to adult environmentalism: The role of nature connectedness and nature contactStehl, PatriciaWhite, Mathew P.Vitale, ValeriaPahl, SabineElliott, Lewis R.Fian, Leonievan den Bosch, Matilda A.Pro-environmental behaviourNature connectednessNature contactChildhoodBlue/green spacesAustriaNature contact in childhood is associated with pro-environmental behaviours (PEB) later in life. While previous literature focused on nature contact in general, the current work specifically explored childhood blue space exposure (coasts, rivers, lakes etc.) and potential mechanisms underlying any relationship with PEBs in adulthood. Cross-sectional data from an Austrian sample representative on age, gender, and region (N = 2,370) were used to test a serial-parallel mediation model linking recalled childhood blue space exposure to self-reported adult PEBs via, first, nature connectedness and, second, recent visits to green and blue spaces. Results supported significant serial mediation, with recalled childhood blue space exposure linked to nature connectedness in adulthood, which was in turn associated with more frequent recent visits to green and blue spaces, which in turn predicted PEB. Significant direct and indirect effects were observed, while controlling for known individual- and area-level covariates. Findings highlight the potential importance of childhood blue space exposure as well as life-long nature contact for improving nature connectedness and PEB and add to calls for protecting and maintaining natural water bodies and to improve their safety, as spending time around them in childhood may play a role in fostering PEB and ultimately improving planetary health.This work was conducted as part of an MSc in Psychology undertaken by the first author and supervised by the second author. The work was supported by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement No 666773 (BlueHealth), and MW, SP, LE and MvdB were supported by the EU’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101081420 (RESONATE). MvdB acknowledges support from the grant CEX2018-000806-S funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, and support from the Generalitat de Catalunya through the CERCA Program. The funders had no role in the conceptualisation, design, analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript.Elsevier202420242024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/60519http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102225reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésJournal of Environmental Psychology. 2024;93:102225info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/666773info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/CEX2018-000806-S© 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10230/605192026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv From childhood blue space exposure to adult environmentalism: The role of nature connectedness and nature contact
title From childhood blue space exposure to adult environmentalism: The role of nature connectedness and nature contact
spellingShingle From childhood blue space exposure to adult environmentalism: The role of nature connectedness and nature contact
Stehl, Patricia
Pro-environmental behaviour
Nature connectedness
Nature contact
Childhood
Blue/green spaces
Austria
title_short From childhood blue space exposure to adult environmentalism: The role of nature connectedness and nature contact
title_full From childhood blue space exposure to adult environmentalism: The role of nature connectedness and nature contact
title_fullStr From childhood blue space exposure to adult environmentalism: The role of nature connectedness and nature contact
title_full_unstemmed From childhood blue space exposure to adult environmentalism: The role of nature connectedness and nature contact
title_sort From childhood blue space exposure to adult environmentalism: The role of nature connectedness and nature contact
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Stehl, Patricia
White, Mathew P.
Vitale, Valeria
Pahl, Sabine
Elliott, Lewis R.
Fian, Leonie
van den Bosch, Matilda A.
author Stehl, Patricia
author_facet Stehl, Patricia
White, Mathew P.
Vitale, Valeria
Pahl, Sabine
Elliott, Lewis R.
Fian, Leonie
van den Bosch, Matilda A.
author_role author
author2 White, Mathew P.
Vitale, Valeria
Pahl, Sabine
Elliott, Lewis R.
Fian, Leonie
van den Bosch, Matilda A.
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author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Pro-environmental behaviour
Nature connectedness
Nature contact
Childhood
Blue/green spaces
Austria
topic Pro-environmental behaviour
Nature connectedness
Nature contact
Childhood
Blue/green spaces
Austria
description Nature contact in childhood is associated with pro-environmental behaviours (PEB) later in life. While previous literature focused on nature contact in general, the current work specifically explored childhood blue space exposure (coasts, rivers, lakes etc.) and potential mechanisms underlying any relationship with PEBs in adulthood. Cross-sectional data from an Austrian sample representative on age, gender, and region (N = 2,370) were used to test a serial-parallel mediation model linking recalled childhood blue space exposure to self-reported adult PEBs via, first, nature connectedness and, second, recent visits to green and blue spaces. Results supported significant serial mediation, with recalled childhood blue space exposure linked to nature connectedness in adulthood, which was in turn associated with more frequent recent visits to green and blue spaces, which in turn predicted PEB. Significant direct and indirect effects were observed, while controlling for known individual- and area-level covariates. Findings highlight the potential importance of childhood blue space exposure as well as life-long nature contact for improving nature connectedness and PEB and add to calls for protecting and maintaining natural water bodies and to improve their safety, as spending time around them in childhood may play a role in fostering PEB and ultimately improving planetary health.
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