Enjoying nature, exercise, social interaction, and affect: A daily diary study

This study investigated the pathways linking daily nature enjoyment to affect by testing whether the associations would be fully explained by exercise and social interaction. Participants (N = 782; 55.6% female; age 25–74, Mage = 47.9) from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) refresher study co...

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Published in:Journal of health psychology 2022-03, Vol.27 (4), p.890-900
Main Author: Anderson, Austen R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Affect
Aged
Emotions
Exercise
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Midlife
Social Interaction
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States
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Summary:This study investigated the pathways linking daily nature enjoyment to affect by testing whether the associations would be fully explained by exercise and social interaction. Participants (N = 782; 55.6% female; age 25–74, Mage = 47.9) from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) refresher study completed surveys across 8 days. Multilevel models indicated that enjoying nature with others tended to predict affect at the within-person level, while enjoying nature alone did not. However, enjoying nature alone did predict affect at the between-person level. Lastly, many of these associations remained, even while controlling for exercise and social interaction.
ISSN:1359-1053
1461-7277
DOI:10.1177/1359105320977642