| Yazarlar (2) |
Elvan Şahin
Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ali SAĞDIÇ
Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
| Özet |
| Some researchers (Zelenski & Nisbet, 2014) focusing on environmental psychology have recently pointed out that a person may benefit from his/her contact with nature although that contact is limited. For instance, direct experience in nature appears to enhance pleasant moods (Nisbet & Zelenski, 2011). Furthermore, having contact with nature may contribute pursuing a healthy life while decreasing mortality risk related to income inequalities (Van der Berg, 2005). Recent evidences shown by Zelenski and Nisbet (2014) revealed that nature relatedness was a significant distinct predictor of many happiness indicators even after controlling personal connections to other factors including country, home, friends, family, music, and culture. These researchers added that nature relatedness could be regarded as a key factor to achieve happiness and environmental sustainability, but further research should be conducted to confirm the causation between these factors. Dealing with the usefulness of direct experience in nature, nature relatedness previously seen as the personality construct of subjective connection with nature (Zelenski & Nisbet, 2014) has been examined in terms of its potential in explaining pro-environmental behaviors. From another perspective, Nisbet, Zelenski and Murphy (2009, p.716) suggest that “nature relatedness captures many of these individual differences and, thus, differences in ERB”. These researchers emphasized that nature relatedness reflects individual differences in cognitive and affective, as well as physical connections with the natural environment. Using various measuring tools, it was pointed out that nature … |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Bildiri Türü | Tebliğ/Bildiri |
| Bildiri Alt Türü | Özet Metin Olarak Yayınlanan Tebliğ (Uluslararası Kongre/Sempozyum) |
| Bildiri Niteliği | Alanında Hakemli Uluslararası Kongre/Sempozyum |
| Bildiri Dili | İngilizce |
| Kongre Adı | ECER 2017 |
| Kongre Tarihi | 21-08-2017 / 22-08-2017 |
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| Basıldığı Şehir |
