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dc.contributor.authorSwami, Viren
dc.contributor.authorRobinson, Charlotte
dc.contributor.authorFurnham, Adrian
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-25T14:43:42Z
dc.date.available2023-11-25T14:43:42Z
dc.date.created2022-09-09T10:28:02Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationEcopsychology. 2022, 14 (2), 118-125.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1942-9347
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3104645
dc.description.abstractMounting evidence suggests that exposure to natural environments is associated with more positive body image, but mechanistic pathways are not fully understood. In this study, we tested one such indirect pathway involving positive rational acceptance (PRA) (i.e., an adaptive body image coping strategy). A total of 401 participants from the United Kingdom completed measures of nature exposure, PRA, and body appreciation (i.e., a facet of positive body image). Correlational analyses indicated positive, although weak-to-moderate, associations between all three constructs. Mediation analysis supported the hypothesis that PRA mediates the association between nature exposure and body appreciation. These findings were robust in the total sample, as well as in women (n = 200) and men (n = 197) separately. These results highlight the potential benefit of nature exposure in terms of promoting adaptive body image coping strategies, which in turn are associated with more positive body image.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMary Ann Liebert, Inc.en_US
dc.titlePositive Rational Acceptance of Body Image Threats Mediates the Association between Nature Exposure and Body Appreciationen_US
dc.title.alternativePositive Rational Acceptance of Body Image Threats Mediates the Association between Nature Exposure and Body Appreciationen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.description.versionacceptedVersionen_US
dc.source.pagenumber118-125en_US
dc.source.volume14en_US
dc.source.journalEcopsychologyen_US
dc.source.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1089/eco.2021.0029
dc.identifier.cristin2050209
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