Into the wild! Greening and Pleasure as Predictors of Psychological Well-Being after a Recreational Walk
Basic data for this talk
Type of talk: scientific talk
Name der Vortragenden: Hilbert, Micha; Binnewies, Carmen
Date of talk: 03/09/2020
Talk language: English
Information about the event
Name of the event: 14th European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology Conference
Event period: 02/09/2020 - 04/09/2020
Event location: Nicosia
Organised by: European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology
Abstract
Recovery is very important for individual long-term health-promotion. Most people prefer natural and green environments for their recreational leisure time and activities and choose those activities, which are perceived as pleasant. The current study aims to investigate, whether subjective perceived greening and pleasure during a walk are predictors of enhanced psychological well-being afterwards. Moreover, we claim, that relaxation and psychological detachment from work are mediators in these relationships. In total, 151 participants were instructed to engage in a 30-minutes walk during lunch-time. We assessed positive and negative affect, fatigue, serenity and satisfaction as indicators of psychological well-being before and after the walk. Greening and pleasure during the walk were measured with each three new items. We conducted multiple linear regression to predict psychological well-being after the walk. The specific dimension of well-being at time 1 was in each case a significant predictor for the data at time 2. Greening turned out to be a significant predictor for all observed indicators of psychological well-being, except for fatigue. The subjectively perceived pleasure during the walk was a significant predictor for all observed dimensions of well-being. Using bootstrapping based estimation, relaxation was confirmed as mediator between experience of nature and psychological well-being. Psychological detachment did not act as a significant mediator. All in all, current results underline the day-to-day belief, that green environments and pleasant activities support recovery processes and leads to increased psychological well-being via experiencing relaxation. This knowledge might be useful for planning of recovery-focused leisure during lunch break.Keywords: Contact with Nature; RCT; Recovery from Work; Recovery Experiences
Speakers from the University of Münster
| Binnewies, Carmen | Professorship for Work Psychology (Prof. Binnewies) |
| Hilbert, Micha | FB 07 - Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft: Betriebseinheit Psychologie |