The Associations of Parent-Child Nature Visits and Family Physical Activity with Parental Happiness A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Finland

For many, happiness is one of the biggest goals in life. The relationship between happiness and better physical, psychological, and social wellbeing and health has been recognised. Nature offers an opportunity for the body and mind to recover from the rush and pressures of everyday life. Although ha...

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Päätekijä: Niemi, Heidi
Muut tekijät: Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Liikuntatieteellinen tiedekunta, Sport and Health Sciences, Liikunta- ja terveystieteet, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Aineistotyyppi: Pro gradu
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Julkaistu: 2024
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description For many, happiness is one of the biggest goals in life. The relationship between happiness and better physical, psychological, and social wellbeing and health has been recognised. Nature offers an opportunity for the body and mind to recover from the rush and pressures of everyday life. Although happiness can be a variety of different things to people, it brings health and wellbeing to everyone. Since nature seems to have a remarkable effect on happiness, spending time in nature in family-oriented activities should be emphasised from an early age. In this master's thesis, primarily the associations between parent-child nature visits and parents' happiness are examined. Secondly, the associations between parent-child or whole family physical activity and parents' happiness, and the connection between the living environment (urban vs. rural) and the family's visits to nature are investigated. Possible differences between sexes in the frequency of parent-child nature visits and physical activity with the family are also examined. The research material used in the master thesis is from the cross-sectional SUNRISE Helsinki study. This study examined 183 parents and their 3-4-year-old children living in Helsinki and the surrounding rural areas in Southern Finland. The parents filled in a questionnaire about their happiness, nature visits with the child and exercise with the child or the whole family. Research data was analysed using Spearman's correlation and two-way ANOVA. In addition, Crosstabulation and Chi-square tests were used to examine the association between living environment (urban vs. rural) and family nature visits. A positive association was found between parent-child nature visits and parent's happiness. A connection between more regular nature visits and especially the happiness experienced by the mother was found. The same positive association was not found between family physical activity and parent's happiness. Also, no differences were observed in nature visits between participants living in urban or rural areas. Childhood visits to nature can become a habit that continues into adulthood. The research results of this master's thesis suggest that the number of parent-child nature visits is associated with parents' higher happiness. This may indicate that the number of nature visits of parent-child increases the parents' happiness and/or the parent's happiness increases the parent-child nature visits. Parent and child visits to nature together should be emphasised in health promotion projects aimed at families. However, more studies on the topic are needed to better understand the associations between nature and happiness. Onnellisuus on monelle yksi suurimmista tavoitteista elämässä. Onnellisuus liitetään parempaan fyysiseen, psyykkiseen ja sosiaaliseen hyvinvointiin, sekä terveyteen. Luonto tarjoaa mahdollisuuden keholle ja mielelle palautua arjen kiireestä ja paineista. Vaikka onnellisuus tarkoittaakin eri asioita eri ihmisille, tuo se terveyttä ja hyvinvointia kaikille. Koska luonnolla näyttää olevan huomattava vaikutus onnellisuuteen, tulisi perhelähtöisessä toiminnassa luonnossa vietettyä aikaa korostaa jo varhaisesta iästä alkaen. Tässä pro gradu - tutkielmassa tarkastellaan ensisijaisesti vanhemman ja lapsen luontovierailujen ja vanhempien onnellisuuden välistä yhteyttä. Toissijaisesti tutkitaan vanhemman ja lapsen tai koko perheen kanssa yhdessä toteutetun liikunnan välistä yhteyttä vanhempien onnellisuuteen, sekä elinympäristön (kaupunki vs. maaseutu) ja perheen luontovierailujen välistä yhteyttä. Tarkastelun kohteena on myös mahdolliset sukupuolten väliset erot luontovierailujen ja perheen kanssa toteutetun liikunnan määrässä. Tutkielmassa käytetty tutkimusaineisto on SUNRISE Helsinki -poikkileikkaustutkimuksesta. Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkasteltiin Helsingissä ja Helsingin läheisillä maaseutualueilla asuvaa 183 vanhempaa ja heidän 3-4-vuotiaita lapsiaan. Vanhemmat raportoivat kyselylomakkeella onnellisuudestaan, luontovierailuista yhdessä lapsen kanssa ja yhteisestä liikunnasta lapsen tai koko perheen kanssa. Tutkimusaineisto analysoitiin Spearmanin korrelaatiota, sekä kaksisuuntaista varianssianalyysiä hyödyntäen. Lisäksi ristiintaulukointia ja khiin neliötestiä hyödynnettiin elinympäristön (kaupunki vs. maaseutu) ja perheen luontovierailujen välisen yhteyden tutkimiseen. Vanhemman ja lasten luontovierailujen ja vanhemman kokeman onnellisuuden välillä oli positiivinen yhteys. Yhteys useampien luontovierailujen ja erityisesti äidin kokeman onnellisuuden väliltä löydettiin. Samaa positiivista yhteyttä ei perheen yhteisen liikunnan ja vanhemman kokeman onnellisuuden kohdalla löydetty. Myöskään kaupungissa tai maaseudulla asuvien välillä ei luontovierailuissa havaittu merkitseviä eroja. Lapsuuden luontovierailut voivat muodostua tavaksi, joka jatkuu pitkälle aikuisuuteen. Tämän pro gradun tutkimustulokset viittaavat siihen, että lapsen kanssa vietettyjen luontovierailujen määrä on yhteydessä vanhemman korkeampaan onnellisuuteen. Tämä voi tarkoittaa, että luontovierailut lapsen kanssa lisäävät vanhemman onnellisuutta ja/ tai vanhemman kokema onnellisuus lisää luontovierailujen määrää. Vanhemman ja lapsen yhteisiä luontovierailuja tulisi korostaa perheille suunnatuissa terveydenedistämisprojekteissa. Lisää tutkimuksia aiheesta kuitenkin tarvitaan, jotta luonnon ja onnellisuuden välisiä yhteyksiä pystytään paremmin ymmärtämään.
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title The Associations of Parent-Child Nature Visits and Family Physical Activity with Parental Happiness : A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Finland
title_full The Associations of Parent-Child Nature Visits and Family Physical Activity with Parental Happiness : A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Finland
title_fullStr The Associations of Parent-Child Nature Visits and Family Physical Activity with Parental Happiness : A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Finland The Associations of Parent-Child Nature Visits and Family Physical Activity with Parental Happiness : A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Finland
title_full_unstemmed The Associations of Parent-Child Nature Visits and Family Physical Activity with Parental Happiness : A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Finland The Associations of Parent-Child Nature Visits and Family Physical Activity with Parental Happiness : A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Finland
title_short The Associations of Parent-Child Nature Visits and Family Physical Activity with Parental Happiness
title_sort associations of parent child nature visits and family physical activity with parental happiness a cross sectional study in southern finland
title_sub A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Finland
title_txtP The Associations of Parent-Child Nature Visits and Family Physical Activity with Parental Happiness : A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Finland
topic nature visits exercise family exercise Health Education Terveyskasvatus 50411 luonto perheet fyysinen aktiivisuus onnellisuus terveys hyvinvointi liikunta nature families physical activity happiness health well-being physical training
topic_facet 50411 Health Education Terveyskasvatus exercise families family exercise fyysinen aktiivisuus happiness health hyvinvointi liikunta luonto nature nature visits onnellisuus perheet physical activity physical training terveys well-being
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