Green mind, healthy mind: investigating nature's role in students' health-related quality of life in China.

IF 2.7 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

BMC Psychology Pub Date : 2025-04-03 DOI:10.1186/s40359-025-02609-z

Jingjing Wu

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Abstract

Background: Connectedness to nature is a psychological concept describing an individual's emotional and cognitive bond with the natural environment. The relationships between Big Five personality traits and environmental connectedness have emerged as a crucial area of study in understanding human well-being and behavior.

Aim: This research seeks to understand the complex relationships between Extraversion and Neuroticism, connectedness to nature, and their subsequent impact on Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among Chinese college students through flourishing.

Method: The sample for this study was comprised of Chinese college students (N = 1640) between 18 and 25 years old who answered a self-report survey.

Results: The findings showed that Extraversion has an impact on HRQOL, mediated through Connectedness to Nature and more so through Flourishing. Moreover, the analyses supported the hypothesis that the negative impact of neuroticism on HRQOL operates significantly through diminished flourishing and, to a lesser extent, reduced connectedness to nature.

Conclusion: These results underline the importance of addressing Flourishing in interventions aimed at mitigating the detrimental effects of Neuroticism on quality of life, suggesting that enhancing Flourishing and Connectedness to Nature may serve as valuable targets for psychological interventions in individuals with high levels of Neuroticism.

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背景：与自然的联系是一个心理学概念，它描述了个体与自然环境在情感和认知上的联系。研究目的：本研究旨在了解中国大学生的外向性（Extraversion）和神经质（Neuroticism）、与自然的联系（Connectedness to Nature）之间的复杂关系，以及它们通过蓬勃发展对健康相关生活质量（HRQOL）的影响：方法：本研究的样本由 18 至 25 岁的中国大学生（1640 人）组成，他们回答了一份自我报告调查：结果：研究结果表明，外向性对 HRQOL 有影响，并通过 "与自然的联系"（Connectedness to Nature）和 "幸福感"（Flourishing）进行中介。此外，分析还支持这样一个假设，即神经质对 HRQOL 的负面影响主要是通过繁荣程度的降低而产生的，其次是通过与自然的联系程度的降低而产生的：这些结果强调了在旨在减轻神经质对生活质量的不利影响的干预措施中解决 "富足 "问题的重要性，表明增强 "富足 "和 "与自然的联系 "可能是对高度神经质的人进行心理干预的重要目标。

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BMC Psychology Psychology-Psychology (all)

CiteScore

3.90

自引率

2.80%

发文量

265

审稿时长

24 weeks

期刊介绍： BMC Psychology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers manuscripts on all aspects of psychology, human behavior and the mind, including developmental, clinical, cognitive, experimental, health and social psychology, as well as personality and individual differences. The journal welcomes quantitative and qualitative research methods, including animal studies.