Perceiving the resourcefulness of the natural environment: empirical research experience

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The article presents the results of an exploratory empirical study devoted to the study of the psychological effects of interaction between man and nature based on content analysis of descriptions of subjective experiences of unity between man and nature. The study was conducted online and involved 416 respondents from 17 to 70 years old (average age 35.3 years SD = 11.05; 35% men and 65% women). The concepts of psychological restoration and the restorativeness of the natural environment were used for the analysis. Psychological restorative effects are represented in the descriptions by the presence of positive emotions, a state of relaxation and solitude. The results show that most often a person experiences these effects in such environments as forest and water spaces, perceiving them as integral systems, focusing both on individual elements (trees, leaves, waves, landscape) and on temporal characteristics (seasons, days). The positive stimulation of the forest and aquatic natural environments, as well as the aesthetic appeal of landscapes, can be considered as factors determining the restorative potential of nature.

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Yulia G. Panyukova

Federal State Budgetary Institution “Federal Scientific Center for Psychological and Interdisciplinary Research”

Author for correspondence.
Email: apanukov@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1840-4559

DSc in Philology, Professor, Leading Researcher in Laboratory of Ecopsychology of Development and Psychodidactics

Russian Federation, 9/4 Mokhovaya Str., 125009 Moscow

Marina O. Mdivani

Federal State Budgetary Institution “Federal Scientific Center for Psychological and Interdisciplinary Research”

Email: mmdivani@me.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1573-0359

CSc in Philology, Leading Researcher in Laboratory of Ecopsychology of Development and Psychodidactics

Russian Federation, 9/4 Mokhovaya Str., 125009 Moscow

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