Feeling Connected to Nature Attenuates the Association between Complicated Grief and Mental Health.

ABSTRACT: Complicated grief (CG) predicts decreased mental health over time. Furthermore, feeling connected to nature (CN) is positively associated with beneficial mental health outcomes, such as psychological wellbeing and perceived psychological resilience. Thus, we hypothesized that CN moderates the association between general grief or CG and negative mental health for bereaved people. Further, we hypothesized that one's physical exposure to nature-that is, estimated time spent in nature and greenness (i.e., vegetation) surrounding one's residential area-might moderate the association between general grief or CG and negative mental health for bereaved people. To test these hypotheses, we conducted a cross-sectional study. We sampled 153 participants who experienced the death of a close other by C

SUBMITTER: Schony M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11431189 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature