Research indicates that heightened individual engagement in nature can improve psychological benefits of nature experiences, yet the current literature lacks robust consideration for how this occurs. Constrained nature experiences – such as busy, noisy urban environments – may undermine individual capacities to engage with nature, prompting the question of how engagement functions across different nature experiences. To address this gap, we draw on mindfulness as a framework to examine the pathways in which engagement in nature supports psychological restoration and connection with nature. We appraise existing literature and identify three key mechanisms underpinning mindful engagement in nature: perceptual sensitivity, decentering, and non-reactivity. This new framework provides a basis to examine mindful engagement in constrained nature experiences, where we find that the self-regulatory mechanisms of mindful engagement have a more direct role in supporting outcomes.

研究表明，个人对自然的高度参与可以改善自然体验的心理益处，但目前的文献缺乏对这种情况如何发生的充分考虑。受限的自然体验——例如繁忙、嘈杂的城市环境——可能会削弱个人与自然接触的能力，从而引发了参与如何在不同的自然体验中发挥作用的问题。为了解决这一差距，我们将正念作为一个框架来研究参与自然支持心理恢复和与自然联系的途径。我们评估现有文献并确定支持正念参与自然的三个关键机制：感知敏感性、去中心化和非反应性。