Journal article
Urban green space and mental well-being of Aotearoa New Zealand adolescents: A path analysis
Y Zhang, J Zhao, S Mavoa, I Erika, TC Clark, S Crengle, M Smith
Wellbeing Space and Society | Published : 2022
Abstract
Background: Growing evidence shows the positive influence of neighbourhood green space on mental well-being among adults through multiple health behaviours, but similar studies are lacking for adolescents. Methods: Data were drawn from the 2019 wave of the Youth2000 survey series in Aotearoa, New Zealand with secondary school students (aged 10-19 years) from the city of Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland. Emotional well-being was measured with the World Health Organization-5 Well-being Index, and depressive symptoms were assessed using the Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale-short form. Neighbourhood green space was assessed using three different measures: percentage of green space, Normalised Diffe..
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Funding Acknowledgements
MS is supported by a Health Research Council of New Zealand Sir Charles Hercus Research Fellowship (Grant number 17/013). EI is supported by the Medical Research Council [grant number MC_UU_00006/5]. This work was undertaken under the auspices of the Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), a UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence which is funded by the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Economic and Social Research Council, Medical Research Council, the National Institute for Health Research, and the Wellcome Trust. SM was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Early Career Fellowship (#1121035) and a University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Research Fellowship. The Youth19 Rangatahi Smart Survey is a collaboration between two Health Research Council projects: Clark, T.C., Le Grice, J., Shepherd, M., Groot, S., & Lewycka, S. (2017). Harnessing the spark of life: Maximising wh yanau contributors to rangatahi wellbeing. Health Research Council of New Zealand Project Grant (HRC ref: 17/315). Fleming, T., Peiris-John, R., Crengle, S., & Parry, D. (2018). Integrating survey and intervention research for youth health gains. Health Research Council of New Zealand Project Grant (HRC ref: 18/473) The funding bodies had no role in the design of the study and collection, analysis, interpretation of data or in writing the manuscript. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors