Journal article
Comparing the effect of mindful and other engagement interventions in nature on attention restoration, nature connection, and mood
R Macaulay, K Johnson, K Lee, K Williams
Journal of Environmental Psychology | Published : 2022
Abstract
Mindful engagement interventions have been shown to improve psychological benefits of nature experiences but to date there has been little evaluation of their efficacy compared with other forms of engagement. An online experimental study was conducted to compare different forms of engagement with nature. Before and after a 20-min outdoor experience, participants (n = 215) completed surveys on state-mindfulness, connection with nature, and mood, and then the Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART). Participants were randomly allocated to one of four engagement intervention groups: mindful engagement, directed engagement, mind wandering, and an unguided control group. The groups did not di..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The study was preregistered at https://aspredicted.org/q32mj.pdf. The dataset and syntax files will be available upon request. All authors state that they have no conflict of interest to disclose. RM's contribution is partly supported by a scholarship funded by the Victorian Government, as a joint initiative between the Department of Environment, Land, Water, and Planning, and the City of Melbourne. We thank Sue Finch for her statistical consultation and advice on the analyses.