The outdoor nature, indoors: relationship between contact with nature, life satisfaction and affect during a COVID-19 pandemic lockdown

• Inês Almeida ^[1] ; Carla Lopes ^[1] ; Rita Pedroso ^[1] ; Rui Gaspar ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidade Católica Portuguesa

     Universidade Católica Portuguesa

     Socorro, Portugal

     
• Localización: PsyEcology: Bilingual Journal of Environmental Psychology / Revista Bilingüe de Psicología Ambiental, ISSN-e 1989-9386, ISSN 2171-1976, Vol. 14, Nº. 2, 2023, págs. 123-158
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2023.2182525
• Títulos paralelos:
  • La naturaleza al aire libre, en el interior: relación entre contacto con la naturaleza, satisfacción vital y afectividad durante el confinamiento por la pandemia COVID-19
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  • español

    La pandemia de la COVID-19 trajo medidas de confinamiento nacional, con el encierro domiciliario de las personas y limitó el contacto activo con la naturaleza al aire libre, con posibles consecuencias sobre la salud mental. El presente estudio transversal correlacional con 310 participantes examinó la relación entre esta variedad e intensidad de actividades de interior o al aire libre con la naturaleza, afecto positivo y negativo, y satisfacción vital durante el primer confinamiento en Portugal en 2020. Los resultados muestran una relación positiva débil entre la intensidad de la actividad interior y el afecto positivo, y entre la recreación mental de un contacto con la naturaleza y el afecto negativo. El contacto interior tuvo una relación positiva con la satisfacción vital y el afecto positivo. Individuos sin contacto interior mostraron menor satisfacción vital que los que tuvieron contactos diversos. El contacto interior con la naturaleza parece haber sido importante para el bienestar. Así, durante confinamientos prolongados, la salud mental y el bienestar podrán promoverse a través del contacto al aire libre y también de interior.

  • English

    The COVID-19 pandemic led to national lockdown measures, implying individuals’ household confinement, constraining active contact with outdoor nature, with potential associated mental health consequences. Hence, this cross-sectional correlational design study with 310 participants examined the relationship between self-reported measures of variety and intensity of indoor/outdoor activities involving contact with nature, life satisfaction and affect during the first nationwide lockdown in Portugal in 2020. Results showed a positive weak association between indoor activity intensity and positive affect, and between reported indoor mental recreation of contact with nature and negative affect. Actual indoor contact with nature was positively associated with life satisfaction and positive affect. Individuals without a variety of contact with indoor nature reported lower life satisfaction than those with high variety. Indoor contact with nature seemed particularly important for well-being during lockdown. During prolonged household confinement, mental health and well-being could be promoted through outdoor contact but indoor alternatives should also be considered.

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