AUTHOR=Barrera-Hernández Laura Fernanda , Sotelo-Castillo Mirsha Alicia , Echeverría-Castro Sonia Beatriz , Tapia-Fonllem César Octavio TITLE=Connectedness to Nature: Its Impact on Sustainable Behaviors and Happiness in Children JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=11 YEAR=2020 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00276 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00276 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=
Given the environmental problems humanity is currently facing, and considering that the future of the planet lies in the hands of children and their actions, research on the determinants of sustainable behaviors in children has become more relevant; nonetheless, studies on this topic focusing on children are scarce. Previous research on adults suggests, in an isolated manner, the relationship between connectedness to nature, the development of behaviors in favor of the environment, and positive results derived from them, such as happiness and well-being. In the present research, connectedness to nature was considered as a determinant of sustainable behaviors, and happiness was considered as a positive consequence of the latter. This research aimed to demonstrate the relationship between these variables in children. Two hundred and ninety-six children with an average age of 10.42 years old participated in the study, in which they responded to a research instrument that measured connectedness to nature, sustainable behaviors (