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Nature Experiences and Adults’ Self-Reported Pro-environmental Behaviors: The Role of Connectedness to Nature and Childhood Nature Experiences

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Psychology, June 2018
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Title
Nature Experiences and Adults’ Self-Reported Pro-environmental Behaviors: The Role of Connectedness to Nature and Childhood Nature Experiences
Published in
Frontiers in Psychology, June 2018
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01055
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Authors

Claudio D. Rosa, Christiana Cabicieri Profice, Silvia Collado

Abstract

This cross-sectional study aims to improve our understanding of the psychological pathways behind the commonly reported link between experiences in nature and pro-environmentalism. Particularly, we explore whether nature experiences lead to self-reported pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs) and whether this relation is mediated by connectedness to nature. Additionally, we examine the possible lasting effect of childhood experiences with nature on adults' PEB. Most studies reporting on the link between contact with nature and pro-environmentalism have been conducted in developed countries, limiting the generalization of the results. To address this gap in the literature, the current study was conducted in a developing country (Brazil) with a sample of 224 young adults. According to our findings, greater contact with nature during childhood is associated with greater contact with nature as an adult, which, in turn, is positively associated with connectedness to nature and PEB. The stimulation of pleasant experiences while in direct contact with nature during childhood seems to trigger interactions with nature in adulthood and consequently, adults embrace pro-environmental actions.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 313 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 52 17%
Student > Bachelor 43 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 37 12%
Researcher 23 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 4%
Other 45 14%
Unknown 101 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Environmental Science 50 16%
Psychology 34 11%
Social Sciences 32 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 17 5%
Arts and Humanities 10 3%
Other 48 15%
Unknown 122 39%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 November 2022.
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#2,307,937
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Outputs from Frontiers in Psychology
#4,629
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#46,042
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#129
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