Implicit beliefs about self and nature: Evidence from an IAT game

By Coral M. Bruni, P. W. Schultz. 2010

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Recent psychological research has examined the beliefs that individuals hold about their relationship with the natural world. This article builds on the previous literature on connectedness with nature and we introduce a new game version of the Implicit Association Test (IAT), known as FlexiTwins. The game is intended to facilitate research using the IAT and provides a flexible platform for measuring implicit associations. In this paper, we report three studies in which we use the game to measure self-nature associations. Study 1 reports the development and validation of FlexiTwins with a college sample. Study 2 further validates the game using a known-groups sample of environmental activists. Finally, Study 3 examines the implicit connectedness of a sample of 30 grade school children. Across all three studies, we find good evidence for reliability, as well as theoretically meaningful results.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science

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Predictors of Nature Connection Among Urban Residents: Assessing the Role of Childhood and Adult Nature Experiences (2018, unknown): “…study of 30 grade school children (10-12 years) in the United States revealed negative associations between nature connection, as measured via the Implicit Association Test, and the hours that children reported playing indoors, watching television, and playing video games (Bruni & Schultz, 2010).”
Connectedness as a Core Conservation Concern: An Interdisciplinary Review of Theory and a Call for Practice (2014, background): “Secondly, in noting the tendency for many CWN studies to draw on sample populations from undergraduate (often psychology) student populations [4, 7, 13, 107, 141–143], it is possible that this may constitute a non-representative sample group with specific dispositions toward CWN [12, 26].”
The Socio-Demographic and Psychological Predictors of Residential Energy Consumption: A Comprehensive Review (2015, unknown): “, [96,114,153,154]).”
Promoting connectedness with nature through environmental education (2013, background): “Bruni and Schultz (2010) showed that children between the ages of 10 and 11 are highly connected with nature, just as high as environmental activists.”
Getting to know nature: evaluating the effects of the Get to Know Program on children’s connectedness with nature (2017, methodology): “For example, environmental activists report greater connectedness with nature compared to college students, suggesting that connectedness with nature may be related to proenvironmental attitudes and behaviors (Bruni and Schultz 2010).”
An Exploration of the Relationships between Adults' Childhood and Current Nature Exposure and Their Mental Well-Being (2023, background): “…environment, particularly during childhood, is associated with stronger connections to nature, both during childhood and later in life (e.g., Bruni & Schultz, 2010; Duffy & Verges, 2010; Howell, Dopko, Passmore, & Buro, 2011; Kals, Schumacher, & Montada, 1999; Mayer et al., 2009; Nisbet et…”
Nature Documentaries, Connectedness to Nature, and Pro-environmental Behavior (2016, background): “Bruni and Schultz (2010) presented bivariate correlations from a cross-sectional study using child participants.”