Understanding changes to children's connection to nature during the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for child well-being.

ABSTRACT: While psychological connection to nature is known to be associated with both pro-environmental behaviours and well-being, there is an urgent need to extend this research to consider impacts from the COVID-19 lockdown period. Examining whether children's connection to nature changed during this period, identifying the drivers of these changes and determining the links between connection to nature and child well-being can each serve to guide post-lockdown initiatives to promote children's connection to nature.Three findings emerged from this UK sample of 376 families with young children. First, nearly two thirds of parents reported a change (most typically, an increase) in their child's connection to nature. Explanations for this increase included having more time, increased enjoyment of nat

SUBMITTER: Friedman S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8661645 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature