Connectedness to nature scale
Encyclopedia
The connectedness to nature scale is a measure of individuals' trait levels of feeling emotionally connected to the natural world in the realm of social and environmental psychology
. The CNS is being used to test the effects of situational factors and personality characteristic that might impact connection to nature.
Environmental psychology
Environmental psychology is an interdisciplinary field focused on the interplay between humans and their surroundings. The field defines the term environment broadly, encompassing natural environments, social settings, built environments, learning environments, and informational environments...
. The CNS is being used to test the effects of situational factors and personality characteristic that might impact connection to nature.
Sources
- http://www.oberlin.edu/psych/pdf/mayer-frantz.pdf Copy of report
- F. Stephan Mayer anad Cynthia McPherson Frantz, The Connectedness to nature scale: A measure of individuals' feeling in community with nature. Journal of Environmental Psychology 24 (2004) 503-515.