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Time in Nature as a Predictor of Family Relationships and Perceived Stress among Military Families.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Time in Nature as a Predictor of Family Relationships and Perceived Stress among Military Families./
Author:	Morfas, Olivia Noel.
Description:	1 online resource (67 pages)
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 84-05.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International84-05.
Subject:	Individual & family studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=29255863click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9798357543509

Time in Nature as a Predictor of Family Relationships and Perceived Stress among Military Families.
Morfas, Olivia Noel.

Time in Nature as a Predictor of Family Relationships and Perceived Stress among Military Families. - 1 online resource (67 pages)

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 84-05.

Thesis (M.S.)--The University of Utah, 2022.

Includes bibliographical references

Active-duty military personnel, veterans, and their families face unique mental health and family relation challenges. These populations are disproportionately affected by issues such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, and domestic violence. Treatment has traditionally included individual and family interventions. However, studies show that long-term use of such programs is difficult to sustain with "personal barriers" (e.g., wanting to solve problems on their own or having negative views of therapy) cited as a common reason why a service member may refuse to seek treatment or why treatment fails. Alternative family interventions, therefore, ones that are more accessible and easily implemented, should be considered. Nature engagement has been studied extensively as a widely available tool for attention restoration, stress reduction, and overall health improvement, but it is usually looked at on an individual level. This study aimed to look at the relationship between the frequency of nature outings and engagement during nature outings and family relationships and perceived stress in military families. Study participants included both active-duty and veteran military families with at least one child in early childhood (aged 2-8). Correlations and partial correlations, controlling for relevant background variables, were used to explore two interrelated questions. Is total time in nature associated with a better quality of family relationships and lower perceived stress? Also, are increases in total time in nature from one month to the next associated with better family relations and less stress? Findings showed that more time in nature was correlated with better family relationships and lower perceived stress. Additionally, these correlations were enhanced when measuring one's engaged time spent in nature. Increases in both total nature outings and engaged nature outings from one month to the next were also correlated with better family relationships. Post hoc analyses showed that outings taken as a family and with one's spouse were more highly correlated with family relationships and perceived stress than outings taken alone. Findings from this study support existing studies showing the benefits of nature for prosocial behavior and decreased stress and how this may present itself in the family unit.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2023

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798357543509Subjects--Topical Terms:

2122770
Individual & family studies.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Family cohesionIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

542853
Electronic books.

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