Connection with Nature in children’s reference adults

Paz, Damaris Teixeira; Zacarias, Elisa Ferrari Justulin; Higuchi, Maria Inês Gasparetto

doi:10.1590/1809-4422asoc20200013r1vu2022L2OA

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Original Article • Ambient. soc. 25 • 2022 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4422asoc20200013r1vu2022L2OA copy

Connection with Nature in children’s reference adults

La Conexión con la naturaleza en adultos de referencia para niños

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

Abstract

Positive experiences with nature during childhood are a strong predictor of Connection with Nature (CWN) throughout life, which has a strong explanatory factor of integral well-being and pro-environmental behavior. The objective of this study was to verify the CWN level of adults and the frequency with which they promote contact with nature to the children in their care. The research protocol included two CWN scales, questions about contact with nature, and sociodemographic data. Thus, 58 parents and 150 teachers of basic education from public schools in Manaus-AM participated in the study. Results showed these adults’ education area, age group, and frequency of contact with green areas are significant to differentiate their CN levels. Area of education is also an important factor in determining how often parents and teachers take children to green areas.

Keywords:
Contact with nature; Childhood; Connection with nature; Parents, Teachers

ECN items	Mean	sd
I often feel at one with the nature around me.	3.9	0.9
I think of nature as a community of which I am a part.	4.3	0.8
I recognize and appreciate the intelligence of other living beings.	4.4	0.9
When I think about my existence, I imagine myself as part of a great cycle of life.	4.6	0.6
I feel an identification with plants and animals.	4.2	0.8
I feel that I belong to Earth as much as it belongs to me.	4.2	0.9
I have a clear understanding of how my actions affect nature.	4.6	0,7
I often feel part of the web of life.	4.4	0.8
I feel that all of Earth’s inhabitants, human and non-human, share the same life force.	4.0	0.8
Just as a tree is part of the forest, I feel part of nature.	4.3	0,7
I often feel like I’m just a small part of nature, and that I’m no more important than the grass or the birds.	3.5	1.3

	INS		ECN
	M	sd	M	sd
Father/mother	4.3*	1.3	4.2	0.5
Teacher	5.0*	1.7	4.2	0.4
High school	4.2*	1.3	4.0	0.4
Higher education	4.9*	1.7	4.2	0.5
Exact Sciences	5.2	1.4	4.2	0.5
Humanities	4.7	1.8	4.2*	0.5
Biological Sciences	5.3	1.5	4.4*	0.3
Interdisciplinary	5.7	1.5	4.7	0.2
23 to 29 years	4.5	1.5	4.2	0.4
30 to 39 years	4.3*	1.6	4.1*	0.5
40 to 49 years	5, 4,	1.4	4.3*	0.4
50 to 61 years	5.2	2.0	4.3	0.6
Always walk in green areas	5.5**	1.5	4.4**	0.4
Sometimes I walk in green areas	4,5.	1.5	4.2*	0.5
Rarely walk in green areas	4-2	1.9	40	0.4
I always played outdoors	5.0*	1.6	4.2	0.4
Sometimes I played outdoors	3/9	1.5	4.0	0.5
I rarely played outdoors	4.1	1.7	4.1	0.5

Frequency of contacts provided	INS		ECN
	M	sd	M	sd
I always take the kids to green areas	5.2	1.3	4.3	0.4
Sometimes I take the kids to green areas	4.8	1.5	4.3	0.5
I rarely take children to green areas	4.8	1.8	4.2	0.5

	I take my students or children to green areas
	N	Rarely	Sometimes	Always
High School	15	6.7%	60%	33.3%
Exact Sciences	27	81.5%	14.8%	3.7%
Humanities	121	10.7%	24%	65.3%
Biological Sciences	42	40.5%	50%	9.5%
Interdisciplinary	3	0	33.3%	66.7%
Teacher	150	74%	22.7%	3.3%
Fathers/mothers	58	13.8%	51.7%	34.5%
23 to 29 years	35	48.6%	40%	11.4%
30 to 39 years	73	45.2%	37%	17.8%
40 to 49 years	71	64.8%	23.9%	11.3%
50 to 61 years	29	79.3%	20.7%	0
Always walk in green areas	88	54.5%	26.1%	19.3%
Sometimes I walk in green areas	74	40.5%	52.7%	6.8%
Rarely walk in green areas	46	89.1%	4.3%	6.5%

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[1] Damaris Teixeira Paz
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