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Does time spent on visits to green space mediate the associations between the level of residential greenness and mental health?
van den Berg, Magdalena van Poppel, Mireille Smith, Graham Triguero-Mas, Margarita Andrusaityte, Sandra van Kamp, Irene van Mechelen, Willem Gidlow, Christopher Gražulevičiene, Regina Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark
van den Berg, Magdalena
van Poppel, Mireille
Smith, Graham
Triguero-Mas, Margarita
Andrusaityte, Sandra
van Kamp, Irene
van Mechelen, Willem
Gidlow, Christopher
Gražulevičiene, Regina
Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark
Abstract
Objective The objective of the current study was to explore whether time spent visiting green space near home acts as a mediator in the association between level of residential greenness and perceived mental health. Methods Questionnaire data and satellite data of residential greenness were gathered in four European cities (total n = 3748): Barcelona (SP), Doetinchem (NL), Kaunas (LT) and Stoke-on-Trent (UK). Results Mediation analyses showed that time spent visiting green space near home was a weak, but statistically significant, mediator in the pooled data and in the Dutch sample only. Conclusions The findings provide little support for the hypothesis that purposeful visits are a mediator linking indirectly greenness with mental health. More research is needed to explore other mediators related to different exposure pathways, such as visual exposure, and alternative mechanisms, such as (perceived) safety.
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2017
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Journal article
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Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
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25
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94-102
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Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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