The NR-6: a new brief measure of nature relatedness

By Elizabeth K. Nisbet, John M. Zelenski. Frontiers in Psychology, 2013

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The construct of (dis)connection with nature or “nature relatedness” has become increasingly useful in the study of environmental behavior as well as psychological health and well-being. Strong nature relatedness is associated with greater happiness and ecologically sustainable behavior. A number of scales reliably assess individual differences in nature relatedness, but some circumstances may necessitate a brief measure. We developed a short-form version of the nature relatedness scale (NR-6), comprised of 6 items from the “self” and “experience” dimensions, and tested the new scale's predictive ability across multiple samples and with longitudinal data in students, community members, and business people. The new NR-6 scale demonstrated good internal consistency, temporal stability, and predicted happiness, environmental concern, and nature contact. This new brief measure of connectedness may have advantages where time and space are limited and the research context requires an assessment of connectedness elements rather than environmental attitudes.

Subfields: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science

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The extended Inclusion of Nature in Self scale (2016, methodology): “Name Description Source Inclusion of Nature in Self (INS) Single-item, graphical Schultz (2001) Environmental Identity (EID) 24 items, verbal Clayton (2003) Environment Identity (EI) 11 items, verbal, bipolar Stets and Biga (2003) Self-Nature IAT Implicit Association Test Schultz, Shriver, Tabanico,”
A Measure of Nature Connectedness for Children and Adults: Validation, Performance, and Insights (2019, methodology): “- The six-item short-form Nature Relatedness Scale (NR-6; [49]) which comprises items that are scored on a 5-point Likert scale (where 1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = neutral, 4 = agree, 5 = strongly agree).”
The relationship between nature connectedness and happiness: a meta-analysis (2014, background): “Most relevant to this article, nature connectedness has also been correlated with emotional and psychological well-being (e.g., Nisbet and Zelenski, 2013).”
The Relationship Between Nature Connectedness and Eudaimonic Well-Being: A Meta-analysis (2019, background): “The importance of this sense of relatedness is evidenced by numerous studies linking NC with a range of well-being measures including hedonic (‘feeling good’) and eudaimonic (‘functioning well’) indicators (e.g. Capaldi et al. 2014; Howell et al. 2011; Nisbet and Zelenski 2013; Pensini et al. 2016).”
The mediating role of place attachment between nature connectedness and human well-being: perspectives from Japan (2019, background): “Several studies have reported the association between nature connectedness and well-being (Howell et al. 2011, 2013; Nisbet and Zelenski 2013; Capaldi et al. 2014; Passmore and Howell 2014), and suggest that nature connectedness is associated with the extent to which people are happy and flourishing”
Cooperation is in our nature: Nature exposure may promote cooperative and environmentally sustainable behavior (2015, methodology): “Participants completed the 5-item Faith in People Scale (trust; Rosenberg, 1957), and the 6-item Short Nature Relatedness Scale (Nisbet & Zelenski, 2013).”
Predictors of Nature Connection Among Urban Residents: Assessing the Role of Childhood and Adult Nature Experiences (2018, methodology): “To explore the structure and reliability of the Nature Relatedness Scale and the Early Environmental Experiences Scale, we performed principal axis factor analyses.”
Mindfulness in Nature Enhances Connectedness and Mood (2019, positive): “Trait nature relatedness was assessed with the short-form Nature Relatedness (NR) Scale (NR-6; Nisbet & Zelenski, 2013).”
Age and connection to nature: when is engagement critical? (2019, methodology): “We used two popular measures, the short-form Nature Relatedness Scale (NR-6; Nisbet and Zelenski 2013) and the Connection to Nature Index (CNI; Cheng and Monroe 2012), to examine connection in a cross-sectional UK sample.”