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Walking In Nature With Others Is Linked To Heightened Well-Being-Study

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01-10-2014 | 11:54

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A study published earlier this month found that people who go on nature walks with others are less likely to feel depressed and stressed and tend to score higher on assessments of mental and emotional well-being than their non-nature-walking peers.

The study’s findings add to the growing body of research that states exposure to nature improves psychological well-being, especially when it is joined with walking.

An analysis of all the data revealed the following results:

- Nature-based group walking was associated with significantly less depression. In fact, after controlling for recent physical activity or a major stressful life event, nature-based group walking was found to be the strongest predictor of whether people in the study reported signs of depression on the questionnaires.

- Nature-based group walking was the second-strongest predictor — after stressful life events — of perceived stress and negative effect. But group walking, unlike stressful events, significantly lowered rather than raised the participants’ reports of stress and negative feelings.

- Nature-based group walking was also the second-strongest predictor — behind physical activity in general — of mental well-being and positive affect. Both exerted a positive influence on these factors.

- The one area in which nature-based group walking had little impact was on social support. That was surprising, because other research has shown that the social aspect of joining a walking group is often what attracts people to the activity in the first place — and what keeps them repeating the activity week after week.

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