The wellbeing effects of school-led nature interventions show a gender effect, with girls benefiting in PA in some studies, but inconclusive findings for age¶
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q2 i? Two studies found girls exposed to nature interventions reported higher PA than girls in control conditions while boys showed no significant group differences; four studies found boys more active than girls regardless of condition. → Vi Ly · Dianne A. Vella-Brodrick 2024
Evidence¶
Vi Ly · Dianne A. Vella-Brodrick 2024¶
Vi Ly · Dianne A. Vella-Brodrick. (2024). Effects of School-led Greenspace Interventions on Mental, Physical and Social Wellbeing in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09963-1
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The review's synthesis of nine gender-examining studies reports "girls exposed to nature interventions reported higher PA levels than girls in the control conditions" in Raney et al. (2019) and Van Dijk-Wesselius et al. (2018), with no significant differences for boys. No effect size is printed.
"two studies found that girls exposed to nature interventions reported higher PA levels than girls in the control conditions, while no significant group differences were found for boys"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Gender — moderator: an instructional effect differs by group
Related Claims¶
- Outdoor learning in nature significantly increases students' physical activity in most studies, with some null results — related
- Greenspace schoolyards increase students' physical activity in most studies, with effects persisting at 16-month follow-up — related
- Playworks showed significant impact on some measures of girls' physical activity but no significant impact on measures of boys' physical activity — related
- Outdoor learning in nature reduces student stress (cortisol decline), but stress-restoration findings are mixed by measure and age — related
- Girls in Playworks schools had significantly higher accelerometer intensity counts and spent more time in vigorous physical activity than girls in control schools — related
- Background demographic factors show mixed and outcome-dependent associations: age and gender relate differently to wellbeing versus depression and stress outcomes — related
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The wellbeing effects of school-led nature interventions show a gender effect, with girls benefiting in PA in some studies, but inconclusive findings for age |
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The wellbeing effects of school-led nature interventions show a gender effect, with girls benefiting in PA in some studies, but inconclusive findings for age |
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