Vitalizing effects of being outdoors and in nature

By Richard M. Ryan, Netta Weinstein, Jessey Bernstein, Kirk Warren Brown, L. Mistretta, Marylène Gagné. 2010

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Social Psychology

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Analyzing the mediators between nature-based outdoor recreation and emotional well-being (2014, background): “Second, a consistent finding in experimental studies on restorative environments is that walking in green, natural environments, compared to built environments without natural elements, especially after negative antecedent conditions, such as attentional fatigue (Kaplan & Kaplan, 1989) and psychophy”
Into the Wild: The Effects of 360° Immersive Nature Videos on Feelings of Commitment to the Environment (2019, background): “reported greater vitality and positive affect afterwards (Nisbet, Zelenski, & Murphy, 2011; Ryan et al., 2010).”
Engagement with natural beauty moderates the positive relation between connectedness with nature and psychological well-being (2014, background): “For instance, individuals who were exposed to nature (e.g. nature walks, daily exposure to nature environments and laboratory imageries), compared to urban settings, reported greater vitality (Ryan et al., 2010).”
Self-Determination Theory: Basic Psychological Needs in Motivation, Development, and Wellness (2017, background): “Research on vitality in turn uncovered the remarkably positive impact on well-being of experiencing nature , showing how exposure to natural environments can enhance energy (e.g., Ryan et al. 2010).”
The relationship between nature connectedness and happiness: a meta-analysis (2014, background): “Beyond its ability to improve emotional functioning, exposure to natural environments has also been shown to alleviate cognitive fatigue, improve attention, and increase feelings of vitality (Berman et al., 2008; Ryan et al., 2010; Nisbet et al., 2011).”
Mindfulness in Nature Enhances Connectedness and Mood (2019, unknown): “Contact with nature appears to produce feelings of subjective nature relatedness (as a temporary state) and favorably influence positive emotions and vitality (Mayer et al., 2009; Nisbet & Zelenski, 2011; Ryan et al., 2010).”
Building a model of commitment to the natural environment to predict ecological behavior and willingness to sacrifice (2011, background): “It is possible that such benefits are due to the restorative effects of nature on stress and attention fatigue or to an increase in vitality, a positive high-energy state (Hartig, Evans, Jamner, Davis, & Garling, 2003; Ryan et al., 2010).”
Meaning in Nature: Meaning in Life as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Nature Connectedness and Well-Being (2013, background): “Feeling alive has also been associated with the derivation of meaning from experience (Campbell 1988); in this vein, vitality has been demonstrated to increase after connecting with nature (Nisbet et al. 2011; Ryan et al. 2010).”
Conceptualizing adventurous nature sport: A positive psychology perspective (2018, background): “In an experimental design across indoor, urban, and natural settings, Ryan et al. (2010) found increases in subjective vitality associated with natural settings despite equivalent levels of physical activity in each setting.”
Health benefits of nature experience: Psychological, social and cultural processes (2011, background): “They may, for example, want to experience a feeling of vitality (Ryan et al. 2010).”
Nature connectedness: Associations with well-being and mindfulness (2011, background): “Research suggests that awe (Shiota et al., 2007) and vitality (Ryan et al., 2010) are significant correlates of experiences in nature; interestingly, both are defined in a manner which suggests that they are associated with eudaimonic aspects of experience and are differentiable from happiness or…”
Nature Involvement Increases Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being: A Two-Week Experimental Study (2014, unknown): “professional practices is that, to date, the bulk of experimental research examining the nature–well-being equation focuses upon relatively brief exposures to nature (e.g., Mayer et al., 2009; Ryan et al., 2010).”
Brick by Brick: The Origins, Development, and Future of Self-Determination Theory (2019, background): “It highlights why volitional or autonomous actions enhance recipients’ feelings of care and relatedness in stations of help giving (e.g., Weinstein, DeHaan, & Ryan, 2010; Weinstein & Ryan, 2010) or cooperation (e.g., Weinstein, Hodgins, & Ryan, 2010).”
Adventure recreation and subjective well-being: a conceptual framework (2020, background): “While Ryan et al. (2010) have shown that nature increases subjective vitality (hedonic SWB), the role of nature in eudaemonic SWB has not been explicitly explored.”
How Is Leisure Time Interacting with Nature Related to the Need for Recovery from Work Demands? Testing Multiple Mediators (2010, background): “…mood, the enhancement of subjective vitality (sense of having physical and mental energy), decline in arousal (indexed by blood pressure, heart rate, skin conductance, muscle tension), cognitive clarification, and reflection on oneself (Hartig et al., 2003; Ryan et al., 2010; Ulrich et al., 1991).”