Effects of nature on psychological well-being and perception of the meaning of life

Kochetkova, Tatjana (2024) Effects of nature on psychological well-being and perception of the meaning of life. In: Fostering an ecological shift through effective environmental education. IGI Global Publishing, pp. 1-22. ISBN 9798369325773

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Abstract

This chapter aims to contribute to building an empirical and conceptual basis for ecopsychology and environmental education by providing a picture of psyche-nature interaction. The chapter contributes to methods of environmental education by elaborating on a series of nature awareness exercises (see Appendix), which happened to be efficient and broadly applicable. It presents reports of these exercises as applied in a workshop with a group of students from the University for Humanistics (Utrecht, The Netherlands) at the Eifel National Park in Germany. The workshop lasted three days. The author intended to clarify the effects of nature awareness on the participants, especially on their subjective well-being and perception of the meaning of life. As a result, a "battery-recharging" effect of nature and its influence on young adults at four levels of awareness (external physical perception, internal (bodily) sensation, emotions, and existential meaning), were established. The chapter focuses on the episode of a night walk.

Item Type: Book Section
Keywords: Ecopsychology | Environmental education | Psyche-nature interaction
Subjects: Social Sciences and humanities > Arts and Humanities > Religious studies
Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General)
JGU School/Centre: Jindal Global Law School
Depositing User: Subhajit Bhattacharjee
Date Deposited: 17 Jul 2024 04:24
Last Modified: 28 Aug 2024 05:52
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-2577-3.ch001
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/8113

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