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Disconnected: What Can We Learn from Individuals with Very Low Nature Connection?
While nature connection, which describes a positive relationship between humans and the rest of the natural world, has been a focus of numerous research studies in the last few decades, relatively little attention has been paid to nature disconnection. While the majority of the populations reported...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9266168/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35805683 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138021 |
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description | While nature connection, which describes a positive relationship between humans and the rest of the natural world, has been a focus of numerous research studies in the last few decades, relatively little attention has been paid to nature disconnection. While the majority of the populations reported in most studies tend to be highly connected, there is a small percentage of those who feel they have no connection to the natural world. In this paper, we examine this novel construct of nature disconnection through secondary analysis of existing data from the Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment survey (MENE) by Natural England. From our analysis of this disconnected population, we can see that they are more likely to be young (16–24 years old), male, not employed and living in rented accommodation. We also observe that they have lower levels of life satisfaction and pro-environmental behaviours. We go on to present an initial theoretical discussion as to the origins of disconnection and propose further research directions to tackle the under-theorisation of this construct. |
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spelling | pubmed-92661682022-07-09 Disconnected: What Can We Learn from Individuals with Very Low Nature Connection? Barrable, Alexia Booth, David Int J Environ Res Public Health Brief Report While nature connection, which describes a positive relationship between humans and the rest of the natural world, has been a focus of numerous research studies in the last few decades, relatively little attention has been paid to nature disconnection. While the majority of the populations reported in most studies tend to be highly connected, there is a small percentage of those who feel they have no connection to the natural world. In this paper, we examine this novel construct of nature disconnection through secondary analysis of existing data from the Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment survey (MENE) by Natural England. From our analysis of this disconnected population, we can see that they are more likely to be young (16–24 years old), male, not employed and living in rented accommodation. We also observe that they have lower levels of life satisfaction and pro-environmental behaviours. We go on to present an initial theoretical discussion as to the origins of disconnection and propose further research directions to tackle the under-theorisation of this construct. MDPI 2022-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9266168/ /pubmed/35805683 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138021 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Brief Report Barrable, Alexia Booth, David Disconnected: What Can We Learn from Individuals with Very Low Nature Connection? |
title | Disconnected: What Can We Learn from Individuals with Very Low Nature Connection? |
title_full | Disconnected: What Can We Learn from Individuals with Very Low Nature Connection? |
title_fullStr | Disconnected: What Can We Learn from Individuals with Very Low Nature Connection? |
title_full_unstemmed | Disconnected: What Can We Learn from Individuals with Very Low Nature Connection? |
title_short | Disconnected: What Can We Learn from Individuals with Very Low Nature Connection? |
title_sort | disconnected: what can we learn from individuals with very low nature connection? |
topic | Brief Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9266168/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35805683 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138021 |
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