Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
2-2023
Abstract
Built nature spaces have been increasingly integrated into our urban environments in recent years with the aim of reaping their psychological benefits. However, despite numerous works of research on the relationship between nature exposure and well-being, most studies have looked into the benefits of well-being from the lens of isolated elements of nature, such as natural scenery or animal exposure. This study aims to fill in the gaps by examining the additive and multiplicative relationships between natural scenery exposure and human–animal interaction on affective well-being (i.e., positive affect, negative affect, and stress) through a daily diary study. Over seven days, natural scenery exposure, human–animal interactions, and affective well-being of 514 young adults were assessed. Through multilevel modelling, we found that natural scenery exposure was associated with increased positive affect at the within- and between-person levels. Moreover, human–animal interaction was associated with increased positive affect at the withinperson level. No evidence was found for human–animal interaction as a moderator of the relationship between natural scenery exposure and affective well-being. Our findings support the additive, but not multiplicative, relations between natural scenery exposure and human–animal interactions on their influence on affective well-being. The exploratory analysis showed the lack of multiplicative relationship which can be attributed to the distinct mechanism of the effect between natural scenery exposure and human–animal interactions on affective well-being.
Keywords
nature, natural scenery, human–animal interaction, affective well-being, daily diary
Discipline
Applied Behavior Analysis | Social Psychology | Social Psychology and Interaction
Research Areas
Psychology
Publication
Sustainability
Volume
15
Issue
4
First Page
1
Last Page
14
ISSN
2071-1050
Identifier
10.3390/su15042910
Publisher
MDPI
Citation
GOH, Adalia Yin Hui, CHIA, Shu Min, MAJEED, Nadyanna M., CHEN, Nicole R.Y., & HARTANTO, Andree.(2023). Untangling the additive and multiplicative relations between natural scenery exposure and human-animal interaction on affective well-being: Evidence from daily diary studies. Sustainability, 15(4), 1-14.
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.3390/su15042910
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