Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Although a wealth of research supports nature's beneficial effects on well-being, a lack of attentiveness and appreciation for nature may prevent people from fully experiencing nature's benefits. A mindfulness-based nature intervention was tested across two studies to investigate whether gratitude and mindfulness can boost nature's effects for well-being. Students… more Full Text: GRATITUDE IS IN OUR NATURE: HOW MINDFUL APPRECIATION OF NATURE AFFECTS WELL-BEING A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the Faculty of Arts and Science …