Abstract Understanding what drives environmentally protective or destructive behavior is important to the design and implementation of effective public policies to encourage people's engagement in proenvironmental behavior (PEB). Research shows that a connection to nature is associated with greater engagement in PEB. However, the variety of instruments and methods used in these studies poses a major barrier to integrating research findings. We conducted a meta‐analysis of the relationship between connection to nature and PEB. We identified studies through a systematic review of the literature and used Comprehensive Meta‐Analysis software to analyze the results from 37 samples (n = 13,237) and to test for moderators. A random‐effects model demonstrated a positive and significant association between connection to nature and PEB (r = 0.42, 95% CI 0.36, 0.47, p < 0.001). People who are more connected to nature reported greater engagement in PEB. Standard tests indicated little effect of publication bias in the sample. There was significant heterogeneity among the samples. Univariate categorical analyses showed that the scales used to measure connection to nature and PEB were significant moderators and explained the majority of the between‐study variance. The geographic location of a study, age of participants, and the percentage of females in a study were not significant moderators. We found that a deeper connection to nature may partially explain why some people behave more proenvironmentally than others and that the relationship is ubiquitous. Facilitating a stronger connection to nature may result in greater engagement in PEB and conservation, although more longitudinal studies with randomized experiments are required to demonstrate causation.

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人类与自然和环保行为的联系的元分析

摘要 了解是什么驱使保护环境或破坏性行为对于设计和实施有效的公共政策以鼓励人们参与环保行为 (PEB) 很重要。研究表明，与自然的联系与更多地参与 PEB 相关。然而，这些研究中使用的各种仪器和方法对整合研究结果构成了主要障碍。我们对与自然的联系与 PEB 之间的关系进行了元分析。我们通过对文献的系统回顾来确定研究，并使用综合 Meta 分析软件来分析 37 个样本（n = 13,237）的结果并测试主持人。随机效应模型表明，与自然的联系与 PEB 之间存在显着的正相关（r = 0.42，95% CI 0.36, 0.47, p < 0.001)。与自然联系更紧密的人报告说更多地参与 PEB。标准测试表明样本中发表偏倚的影响很小。样本间存在显着异质性。单变量分类分析表明，用于衡量与自然和 PEB 的联系的量表是重要的调节因素，并解释了大部分研究之间的差异。研究的地理位置、参与者的年龄和研究中女性的百分比不是重要的调节因素。我们发现，与自然更深层次的联系可能部分解释了为什么有些人的行为比其他人更环保，而且这种关系无处不在。促进与自然的更紧密联系可能会导致更多地参与 PEB 和保护，