Can Rehabilitation in Nature Improve Self-Perceived Interpersonal Problems? A Matched-Control Study.

ABSTRACT: Self-perceived interpersonal problems are of central concern for researchers and individuals; they are at the basis of psychopathology and cause for subjective distress. In this study, we examine whether a group-based rehabilitation program in nature may reduce self-perceived interpersonal problems in a heterogeneous group of men declining participation in traditional rehabilitation offers. The intervention consisted of weekly meetings in nature, taking place over the course of nine weeks. Through a matched-control study including 114 participants in the intervention group and 39 in a treatment as usual group participating in traditional rehabilitation offers, we found that there was no statistically significant development in self-perceived interpersonal problems in the nature-based rehab

SUBMITTER: Mau M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8949583 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature