Associations between green/blue spaces and mental health across 18 countries

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 8903 - 12
• Main Authors: White, Mathew P., Elliott, Lewis R., Grellier, James, Economou, Theo, Bell, Simon, Bratman, Gregory N., Cirach, Marta, Gascon, Mireia, Lima, Maria L., Lõhmus, Mare, Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark, Ojala, Ann, Roiko, Anne, Schultz, P. Wesley, van den Bosch, Matilda, Fleming, Lora E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 26.04.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/477; 704/844; Adult; Anxiety; Anxiety - history; Anxiety - psychology; Depression - history; Depression - psychology; Female; Green infrastructure; Heterogeneity; History, 18th Century; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Male; Mental depression; Mental health; Mental Health - history; multidisciplinary; Parks, Recreational - history; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Well being

Living near, recreating in, and feeling psychologically connected to, the natural world are all associated with better mental health, but many exposure-related questions remain. Using data from an 18-country survey ( n  = 16,307) we explored associations between multiple measures of mental health (p...