Act With Nature: Promoting Planetary Well-being

NCT ID: NCT06548243

Last Updated: 2025-04-01

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

158 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-01-31

Study Completion Date

2025-09-30

Brief Summary

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The research investigates the effects of nature-based programme (Act with Nature; AWN) in promoting psychological well-being and pro-environmental behaviour among working age participants in Finland. Our research deepens understanding of how coping with environment-related emotions and nature connectedness are connected to human wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviour. The psychological wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviour are investigated with self-report measures and analysed with quantitative and qualitative methods. The project will provide a new programme (AWN) for combining individual well-being and behaviour change. The results can provide a theoretical framework and working model for health professionals to intervene and support people in adapting to environmental crises and coping with stress.

Detailed Description

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An intervention study with a randomised control trial design will be conducted among a sample of 158 working age participants in various locations in Finland. After receiving information about the research and signing the study consent, participants are randomly allocated to intervention and control groups. The participants in the intervention group will be offered a 12-week, nature-based, Act with Nature (AWN) programme. The programme will be carried out online with individual coaching and independent tasks for each week. Participants share experiences during workshops that are facilitated in nature environment, either in-person or online.

Throughout the AWN programme, nature-based exercises are facilitated in which participants are encouraged to recognise the significance of physical environment and social support in coping with environment-related emotions, nature connectedness and wellbeing. AWN programme is facilitated by a trained health care professional.

The AWN has three separate stages (4 weeks each): Stage 1: nature connectedness, environmental self-regulation and confidence in the group; Stage 2: environmental-related emotions, psychological flexibility and coping strategies; Stage 3: experimenting with change alternatives and affirming positive change in environmental behaviour.

Participants respond to online surveys at five measurement points: a pre-measurement at the start of the programme, two measurements during the programme (at 4 and 8 weeks of the programme), a post-measurement at the end of the programme, and a follow-up measurement three months after the end of the programme. The participants in the intervention group (nature-based AWN programme) are compared to the participants in the control group who continue life as usual and only respond to online surveys at three measurement points (pre-, post- and follow-up measurements). Coping with environment-related emotions, comprehensive nature experience, nature connectedness, environmental emotions and personal environmental goals are investigated as mediators to explain changes in well-being and pro-environmental behaviour.

This research is funded by the Research Council of Finland (Project Numbers: 350971 and 350964).

Conditions

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Well-Being, Psychological

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Act with Nature Programme

A nature-based programme to promote well-being and pro-environmental behaviour. The programme is facilitated by a trained health care professional.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Act with Nature Programme

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The participants in the intervention group are offered a 12-week nature-based programme, which includes independent exercises and information on an online learning environment, as well as online or in-person group meetings.

Control group

The participants in the control group continue life as usual.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Act with Nature Programme

The participants in the intervention group are offered a 12-week nature-based programme, which includes independent exercises and information on an online learning environment, as well as online or in-person group meetings.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Working age adults
* Able to communicate adequately in Finnish in order to participate
* Willingness to commit to a 12-week intervention programme
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

74 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Tampere University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Surrey

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

JAMK University Of Applied Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Katriina Hyvonen

Senior Researcher, PhD, Adj. Prof.

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Katriina Hyvönen, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

JAMK University Of Applied Sciences

Locations

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Institute of Rehabilitation, JAMK University of Applied Sciences

Jyväskylä, , Finland

Site Status

Tampere University

Tampere, , Finland

Site Status

Countries

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Finland

References

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Korpela, K., Hyvönen, K., Ratcliffe, E., Salonen, K., & Paakkolanvaara, J.-V. (2023, Jan 30). Act with Nature (AWN): Promoting well-being and pro-environmental behaviour among working-age adults during the era of environmental crises. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/69QVW

Reference Type BACKGROUND

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Other Identifiers

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JAMKUAS_AWN

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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