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Restorative effects of exposure to nature on children and adolescents: a systematic review
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UAM. Departamento de Psicología Social y MetodologíaPublisher
ElsevierDate
2022-10-05Citation
10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101884
Journal of Environmental Psychology 84 (2022): 101884
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0272-4944 (print); 1522-9610 (online)DOI
10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101884Funded by
This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (grant number: PGC2018-095502-B-I00)Project
Gobierno de España. PGC2018-095502-B-I00Editor's Version
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101884Subjects
Adolescent; Child; Exposure to nature; Restorative effects; Systematic review; PsicologíaRights
© 2022 The AuthorsEsta obra está bajo una licencia de Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 4.0 Internacional.
Abstract
One of the most documented effects of exposure to nature is physical and psychological restoration. Restoration refers to the recovery or strengthening of adaptive resources (e.g., attentional capabilities, positive emotions, etc.) that are being spent in meeting the demands of everyday life. The restorative process has been widely studied in adults, but less is known about the restorative effects that exposure to nature has for children and adolescents. To fill this gap in the literature, we conducted a systematic review aiming at systematically summarizing the accumulated evidence about the restorative effects of nature exposure on children and adolescents and reporting the main findings in terms of the restoration of (1) cognitive, (2) emotional, (3) social or (4) behavioural resources. To conduct the study, we followed the PRISMA procedure. Databases were extracted from Web of Science, PUBMED, and SCOPUS. Studies were selected if (a) they included non-adult participants, (b) they included empirical results at least for one of the four selected variables, (c) the study was published in English and (d) the study had been peer-reviewed. According to these criteria, 30 studies were finally selected. Selected studies were categorized in terms of sample size, duration of the intervention (if applicable), and quality of the study (following the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute assessment tool). Results show that exposure to nature has significant restorative effects, but the effects differ across the selected variables. Due to methodological limitations, such as a lack of measurement standardization, and the scarcity of experimental and longitudinal studies, caution should be exercised when interpreting the available results. Suggestions for future lines of research in this area are provided
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Google Scholar:Moll Vinuesa, Adrián
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Collado, Silvia
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Staats, Henk
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Corraliza Rodríguez, José Antonio
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