International Study Finds Nature’s Well-Being Benefits Linked to Body Appreciation A study of over 50,000 participants across 58 countries has found that time spent in nature is associated with higher life satisfaction through an indirect pathway involving body appreciation, rather than through direct nature exposure alone, according to the report. The research, published in ScienceDirect and analyzed from the Body Image in Nature Survey collected between 2020 and 2022, found that the direct path from nature contact to life satisfaction was not statistically significant. Instead, reported benefits were mediated by self-compassion, perceived restoration, and body appreciation, with body appreciation showing…

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