School-led nature interventions increase positive affect in school students, though not in all studies¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r3 · q3
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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Positive affect significantly increased after nature-related activities in school nature grounds and relaxing in school greenspace, but school garden lessons showed no significant effect on positive affect overall. → 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 reports that in Harvey et al.'s repeated-measures studies, "positive affect significantly increased among 443 (Study 1) and 105 (Study 2) primary and secondary school students" after school nature-ground activities. No effect size is printed.

"Harvey et al. (2021) found that positive affect significantly increased among 443 (Study 1) and 105 (Study 2) primary and secondary school students after completing nature-related activities in the school nature grounds."

Vi Ly · Dianne A. Vella-Brodrick 2024 (2)¶

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 reports a null main effect: Mason et al.'s experimental repeated-measures study of 65 primary students found "a significant effect of school lessons taught in the school garden" was absent for positive affect overall.

"Mason et al. (2022) did not find a significant effect of school lessons taught in the school garden (compared to indoor lessons) on positive affect among 65 primary school students."

Discussion¶

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