Nature Nurtures Authenticity: Mechanisms and Consequences

doi:10.1037/pspi0000432

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	Nature Nurtures Authenticity: Mechanisms and Consequences
	Yang, Ying 1,2; Sedikides, Constantine 3; Wang, Yuqi 4; Cai, Huajian 1,2
通讯作者	Cai, Huajian(caihj@psych.ac.cn)
摘要	Contact with nature may benefit, not only the bodily organism, but also the psychological self. We proposed that, assuming humans' innate affinity for nature (the biophilia hypothesis), nature would be conducive to a sense of environment-self fit, which would be experienced as authenticity (being aligned with one's true self). We formulated several hypotheses: (a) nature fosters authenticity, and it does so through at least four plausible mechanisms: self-esteem, basic needs satisfaction (autonomy, competence, relatedness), mindfulness, and positive affect; (b) self-esteem is the strongest mechanism overall, and autonomy is the strongest mechanism of the three basic needs; (c) self-esteem and authenticity mediate sequentially the positive impact of nature on current psychological well-being (higher life satisfaction and meaning in life); and (d) authenticity mediates the positive influence of nature on longer term psychological well-being (higher life satisfaction and meaning in life, lower depression, anxiety, and stress). We obtained support for these hypotheses across 12 studies (N = 5,512). These were diverse in terms of setting (field, laboratory), design (cross-sectional, experimental, longitudinal), methodology (varying manipulations of nature and assessment of mediators and/or dependent measures), and sampling (university/community, East Asian/Western). The findings establish nature as a correlate and determinant of authenticity, chiefly via the mechanism of self-esteem, and further establish authenticity (preceded by self-esteem) as a mediator of the positive influence of nature on psychological well-being. The findings are also generative and have policy implications.
关键词	nature authenticity autonomy need satisfaction self-esteem psychological well-being
	2023-11-13
语种	英语
DOI	10.1037/pspi0000432
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN	0022-3514
页码	27
收录类别	SCI
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[32371130] ; Open Research Fund of the CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology[Y5CX052003]
出版者	AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
WOS关键词	TRUE SELF ; STATE AUTHENTICITY ; NATURE EXPERIENCE ; SAMPLE-SIZE ; PSYCHOLOGICAL NEED ; REGULATORY FOCUS ; NATURE EXPOSURE ; PERSONAL GOALS ; BODY-IMAGE ; MINDFULNESS
WOS研究方向	Psychology
WOS类目	Psychology, Social
WOS记录号	WOS:001103400900001
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Open Research Fund of the CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology
引用统计
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/46522
通讯作者	Cai, Huajian
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Key Lab Behav Sci, Lincui Rd,16 Haoyuan, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Psychol, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Univ Southampton, Ctr Res Self & Ident, Sch Psychol, Southampton, England 4.Zhejiang Gongshang Univ, Sch Business Adm, Hangzhou, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yang, Ying,Sedikides, Constantine,Wang, Yuqi,et al. Nature Nurtures Authenticity: Mechanisms and Consequences[J]. JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY,2023:27.
APA	Yang, Ying,Sedikides, Constantine,Wang, Yuqi,&Cai, Huajian.(2023).Nature Nurtures Authenticity: Mechanisms and Consequences.JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY,27.
MLA	Yang, Ying,et al."Nature Nurtures Authenticity: Mechanisms and Consequences".JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (2023):27.