Relationships between nature connectedness,biodiversity of private gardens,and mental well-being during the Covid-19 lockdown |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Geography, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand;2. Department of Botany, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand;3. Department of Zoology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand;1. GREENIUS Research Group, Universidad Internacional de Valencia – VIU, Calle Pintor Sorolla 21, 46002, Valencia, Spain;2. Department of Geography, Autonomous University of Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28014, Madrid, Spain;3. Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Internacional de Valencia – VIU, Calle Pintor Sorolla 21, 46002, Valencia, Spain;1. Department of Horticulture, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung City, Taiwan;2. Innovation and Development Center of Sustainable Agriculture from the Featured Areas Research Center Program within the framework of the Higher Education Sprout Project by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan, Taiwan;3. Department of Physical Therapy and Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Science, China Medical University, 406040 Taichung, Taiwan;4. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Asia University Hospital, Asia University, 413505 Taichung, Taiwan;5. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, China Medical University Hospital, 404332 Taichung, Taiwan;1. Department of Life Science Systems, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Hans Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354, Freising, Germany;2. CSIRO Land & Water, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia;3. School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, 12 Wakefield Street (Swinburne Place West), Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122, Australia;4. Centre of Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology, Level 1 EW Building, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122, Australia;5. Centre for Rural Health, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, 7000, Australia;6. University of California Cooperative Extension, 1553 Berger Dr., San Jose, CA, 95112, USA;7. University of California, Davis, CA, USA;8. Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia;9. University of Melbourne, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Private gardens have an enormous impact on urban biodiversity, making individual householder behavior critical to the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity in urban areas. Nature connectedness is considered to be a prerequisite for proenvironmental behavior, but how it manifests in private gardens is largely unexplored. Nature connectedness has also been found to be associated with several well-being dimensions. The present study investigates the associations between nature connectedness, biodiversity of private gardens, and mental well-being during the Covid-19 lockdown, a stressful period in many people’s lives. Hierarchical regression analyses were used to analyze data from an online survey of private gardeners in two cities, one in Germany and one in New Zealand, in May 2020, approximately two months after the beginning of the first Covid-19 lockdown. Garden characteristics explained a significant amount of variance in depression symptoms during the Covid- 19 lockdown. In light of rising pressures on urban green spaces, the findings point to the importance of private garden qualities for mental health and well-being. Nature connectedness emerged as a significant predictor of feature richness, a measure of the heterogeneity of habitats that support wildlife, and plant growth form richness in people’s gardens in both city samples. Nature connectedness was also a significant predictor of the extent to which people experienced positive emotions during the Covid-19 lockdown but not negative emotions and depression symptoms. Our results suggest that nature connectedness can provide benefits for both the environment and people through its positive association with private garden biodiversity and positive emotions. |
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| Keywords: | Connection with nature Private gardens Urban biodiversity Well-being COVID-19 Pro-environmental behavior |
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