Seeds of hope: Associations between nature connectedness and hope

Seeds of hope: Associations between nature connectedness and hope

Holli-Anne Passmore & Andrew J. Howell

Holli-Anne Passmore & Andrew J. Howell | [email protected] | CPA 2014

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character strengths and virtues

(Peterson & Seligman, 2004)

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color in context theory (Elliot & Mayer, 2012)

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growth & vitality hope

interest positive affect

(Hartman & Apaolaza-Ibanez, 2010)

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nature connectedness

“an individual's experiential sense of oneness with the natural world”

- Mayer & Frantz, 2004

hope

hope-agency+

hope-pathways

- Snyder, 2002

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nature connectedness

meaning spirituality gratitude(Diessner, Solom, Frost, Parsons, & Davidson, 2008; Howell, Passmore, & Buro, 2013)

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character strengths and virtues

(Peterson & Seligman, 2004)

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(Nisbet, Zelenski, & Murphy, 2011; Snyder, 2002)

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two cross-sectional studies; for the first time, relationships among hope & nature connectedness were examined directly

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Study 1: state (N= 80)

Study 2: trait (N = 322)

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study 1: state

1 measure of hope (agency & pathways) State Hope Scale (Snyder et al., 1996)

1 measure of nature connectedness Connectedness to Nature Scale – State (Mayer & Frantz, 2004)

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study 1: state

nature ~ hope-agency: r = .33**

nature ~ hope-pathways: r = .24**

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study 1: state

hope-agency: β = 0.31*

hope-pathways: β = 0.04

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study 2: trait

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1 measure of hope (agency & pathways) Trait Hope Scale (Snyder et al., 1996)

3 measures of nature connectedness Connectedness to Nature Scale – Trait (Mayer & Frantz, 2004)

Nature Relatedness Scale (Nisbet et al., 2009)

Allo-Inclusive Identity Scale – Nature (Leary, Tipsord, & Tate, 2008)

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study 2: trait

nature ~ hope-agency: r = .32**, .30**, .21**

nature ~ hope-pathways: r = .19**, .23**, .25**

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study 2: trait

hope-agency: β = 0.31**, 0.31**, 0.13

hope-pathways: β = -0.03, 0.05, 0.13

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hope-pathways >> specific ways of attaining goals

hope-agency >> general will, elevation, motivation

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hope-agency ~ nature

nature ~ agency (Howell et al., 2013; Nisbet et al., 2011; Peterson et al., 2007: Ryan et al., 2010)

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differences in elevation, meaning, affect

nature vs. control group

2-week period

study 3 : experimental

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ongoing nature involvement led to:

~ greater positive affect

~ higher elevation

~ sense of meaning


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more engaged compared to control group

simple, close-to-home nature activities


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experiences in nature evoke feelings of transcendence related to hope and hope-agency


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“The very purpose of life is

happiness, which is

sustained by hope.” - Dalai Lama

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nature >> hope >> happiness

experimental research to establish causation of exposure to nature giving rise to increased hope

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nature experiences can complement traditional therapeutic approaches (Burns, 1998; Hasbach, 2012)

integration of nature involvement with hope-focused counseling approaches (Edey & Jevne, 2007; Larsen & Stege, 2010)

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