Abstract This study investigated whether the impacts of a commonly used wellbeing intervention, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), are enhanced when combined with the benefits of exposure to a natural environment. Participants (n = 99) were randomly assigned to a weekly one-hour MBSR in one of three different environments (i.e. natural outdoor, built outdoor and indoor environments) over a six-week period. Participants’ wellbeing outcomes and nature connectedness were measured at baseline, during the intervention and at one-week and one-month follow up. The results show that the mental health and wellbeing outcomes of MBSR are greater when it carried out in a natural outdoor environment compared with indoor or built environments. Moreover, participants in the natural outdoor environment showed sustained improvements even after one month from completion of the intervention. This study supports the potential value of natural environments as settings for the enhancement of health care delivery and therapeutic interventions.

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自然环境是否会增强基于正念的减压 (MBSR) 的有效性？检查心理健康和福祉以及自然联系的好处

摘要 本研究调查了一种常用的健康干预措施，即基于正念的减压 (MBSR)，当与暴露于自然环境的好处相结合时，其影响是否会得到增强。参与者（n = 99）被随机分配到三个不同环境（即自然室外、建筑室外和室内环境）之一中的每周一小时 MBSR，为期六周。在基线、干预期间以及一周和一个月的随访中测量参与者的幸福感结果和自然联系。结果表明，与室内或建筑环境相比，在自然室外环境中进行 MBSR 的心理健康和福祉结果更大。而且，即使在干预完成一个月后，自然户外环境中的参与者也表现出持续的改善。这项研究支持自然环境作为加强医疗保健提供和治疗干预的环境的潜在价值。