| Title |
Exposure to public natural space as a protective factor for emotional well-being among young people in Canada
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, April 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-407 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Quynh Huynh, Wendy Craig, Ian Janssen, William Pickett |
| Abstract |
Positive emotional well-being is fundamentally important to general health status, and is linked to many favorable health outcomes. There is societal interest in understanding determinants of emotional well-being in adolescence, and the natural environment represents one potential determinant. Psychological and experimental research have each shown links between exposure to nature and both stress reduction and attention restoration. Some population studies have suggested positive effects of green space on various indicators of health. However, there are limited large-scale epidemiological studies assessing this relationship, specifically for populations of young people and in the Canadian context. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between exposure to public natural space and positive emotional well-being among young adolescent Canadians. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 8 | 44% |
| Australia | 2 | 11% |
| Canada | 2 | 11% |
| United States | 1 | 6% |
| South Africa | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 4 | 22% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 13 | 72% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 17% |
| Scientists | 2 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 3 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Israel | 1 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Philippines | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 462 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 88 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 87 | 18% |
| Researcher | 65 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 53 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 25 | 5% |
| Other | 58 | 12% |
| Unknown | 99 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 79 | 17% |
| Social Sciences | 73 | 15% |
| Environmental Science | 43 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 33 | 7% |
| Arts and Humanities | 21 | 4% |
| Other | 96 | 20% |
| Unknown | 130 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
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