Effect of nature on the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents: meta-review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Urbanisation is taking place worldwide and rates of mental illness are rising. There has been increasing interest in 'nature' and how it may benefit mental health and well-being.

Aims

To understand how the literature defines nature; what the characteristics of the nature intervention are; what mental health and well-being outcomes are being measured; and what the evidence shows, in regard to how nature affects the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents.

Method

A meta-review was conducted, searching three databases for relevant primary and secondary studies, using key search terms including 'nature' and 'mental health' and 'mental well-being'. Inclusion criteria included published English-language studies on the child and adolescent populat

SUBMITTER: Lomax T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11536187 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature