The COVID‐19 pandemic and its global response have resulted in unprecedented and rapid changes to most people’s day‐to‐day lives. To slow the spread of the virus, governments have implemented the practice of physical distancing (“social distancing”), which includes isolation within the home with limited time spent outdoors. During this extraordinary time, nature around the home may play a key role in mitigating against adverse mental health outcomes due to the pandemic and the measures taken to address it. To assess whether this is the case, we conducted an online questionnaire survey (n = 3,000) in Tokyo, Japan, to quantify the association between five mental health outcomes (depression, life satisfaction, subjective happiness, self‐esteem, and loneliness) and two measures of nature experiences (frequency of greenspace use and green view through windows from home). Accounting for sociodemographic and lifestyle variables, we found that the frequency of greenspace use and the existence of green window views from within the home was associated with increased levels of self‐esteem, life satisfaction, and subjective happiness and decreased levels of depression, anxiety, and loneliness. Our findings suggest that a regular dose of nature can contribute to the improvement of a wide range of mental health outcomes. With the recent escalation in the prevalence of mental health disorders, and the possible negative impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on public mental health, our findings have major implications for policy, suggesting that urban nature has great potential to be used as a “nature‐based solution” for improved public health.

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一个有绿色视野的房间：在 COVID-19 大流行期间附近自然对心理健康的重要性

COVID-19 大流行及其全球应对措施给大多数人的日常生活带来了前所未有的快速变化。为了减缓病毒的传播，各国政府实施了保持身体距离（“社会距离”）的做法，其中包括在家中隔离，在户外度过的时间有限。在这个非同寻常的时期，家庭周围的自然可能在减轻由于大流行和为解决大流行而采取的措施造成的不良心理健康后果方面发挥关键作用。为了评估是否属于这种情况，我们进行了在线问卷调查（n = 3,000) 在日本东京，量化五种心理健康结果（抑郁、生活满意度、主观幸福感、自尊和孤独感）与自然体验的两种衡量标准（绿地使用频率和透过窗户的绿色视野）之间的关联家）。考虑到社会人口和生活方式变量，我们发现使用绿地的频率和家中绿窗景观的存在与自尊水平、生活满意度和主观幸福感的提高以及抑郁、焦虑、和孤独。我们的研究结果表明，定期接触大自然有助于改善广泛的心理健康结果。随着最近精神疾病患病率的升级，