Green exercise in the UK countryside: Effects on health and psychological well-being, and implications for policy and planning

By J. Pretty, Jo Peacock, R. Hine, M. Sellens, N. South, M. Griffin. 2007

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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Citations in the corpus

A systematic review of evidence for the added benefits to health of exposure to natural environments (2010, background): “A natural environment may provide an environmental setting for an activity or exercise programme, thus promoting increased physical activity [4,5].”
The Role of Nature-Based Experiences in the Development and Maintenance of Wellness (2010, unknown): “…Vries, Verheij, & Groenewegen, 2001; Giles-Corti & Donovan, 2003; MIND, May, 2007; Mitchell & Popham, 2007; News, NA; Pretty, Hine, & Peacock, 2006; Pretty et al., 2007; Pretty, Peacock, Sellens, & Griffin, 2005; Pryor, Carpenter, & Townsend, 2005; Rappe, Koivunen, & Korpela, 2008; Russell, 2002;…”
Examining Group Walks in Nature and Multiple Aspects of Well-Being: A Large-Scale Study (2014, unknown): “These studies frequently lack a comparison group (e.g., Doust & Tod, 2007; Pretty et al., 2007); thus any identified positive effects could be due to other factors, such as physical activity, the natural environment, or being in a research study (Bird, 2007; Newton, 2007).”
The Intersections of Biological Diversity and Cultural Diversity: Towards Integration (2009, background): “Human dominance is acknowledged in the naming of this geological era as the “anthropocene” (Pretty et al. 2007a).”
What are the Benefits of Interacting with Nature? (2013, background): “[77] found that participants’ mood and self-esteem, as measured by self-report surveys, were significantly improved after exercise.”
Social determinants of mental health (2014, unknown): “…in outdoor activities such as walking, running, cycling and gardening reduces stress, anxiety and depression (Barton et al., 2009; Maller et al., 2009; Pretty et al., 2007) in addition to conferring the mental health benefi ts of physical activity (whether indoors or outdoors) (Coon et al., 2011).”