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to Connect:
Can we use a Strong
Connection with Nature
to Increase our Ability
to Self-Connect?
Gina Peebles
Grand Canyon University
PSY-452 Experimental Psychology
May 10, 2017
The Scientific Method
• When you are conducting any experiment
it is important to follow the scientific
method
• Pose a question that can be tested
• Gather information through research
• Form a hypothesis
• Test the hypothesis through experimentation
• Analyze the data
• Form a conclusion
• (Webster’s, 1996)
Question & Research
o Question: Does one’s ability to self-connect
improve, if one’s time spent connecting with
nature increases?
o Research
o A Randomized Controlled Trial for Families With
Preschool Children – Promoting Healthy Eating and
Active Playtime by Connecting to Nature (Sobko,
Tse, & Kaplan, 2016).
o Happiness is in our Nature: Exploring Nature
Relatedness as a Contributor to Subjective Well-
Being (Nisbet, Zelenski, & Murphy, 2011)
o Nature and Health (Hartig, Mitchell, DeVries, &
Frumkin, 2014).
o Powered by Nature (Beute, 2016).
o The NR-6: A New Brief Measure of Nature
Relatedness (Nisbet & Zelinski, 2013
Hypothesis
o If one's time spent in nature decreases,
then so too does one's ability to self-
connect.
Study designs
o Pre-test/Post-test form
o Survey
o Self-evaluation
o Likert rating scale (Gurung, 2014)
o Random/Non-random
o 80 people
o Matched pairs
Random Selection
o 40 men, 40 women
o Two options
o Four 30 minute walks