{"id":1143,"date":"2018-03-04T12:04:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T20:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2018-03-04T12:04:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T20:04:46","slug":"mental-vitality-assessing-the-impact-of-a-walk-in-the-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/mental-vitality-assessing-the-impact-of-a-walk-in-the-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Vitality: Assessing the Impact of a Walk in the Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this article, Mark Bowen presents an abridged version of his 2016 doctoral thesis entitled, “Mental Vitality: Assessing the Impact of a Walk in the Woods”.<\/p>\n

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The thesis attends to a\u00a0gap in literature\u00a0pertaining to studying nature and late adolescence.\u00a0 In particular, Dr. Bowen mentioned that “this study measured one aspect of mental vitality, that of mental acuity in 16-18 year old students at an international school. Using the d2 Test of Attention to measure the impact of regular nature walks, this study found a significant improvement in participants\u2019 mental acuity after a regular, twice weekly, 40 to 60 minute duration nature walk intervention.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mark Bowen is currently a staff member at Halcyon London International School in the UK, and has been an education professional since 1985 as guidance counsellor, community college adjunct psychology faculty, secondary psychology teacher in various curricula (AP, IB, and A Level), and was awarded his Doctorate in Education focusing on Ecopsychology in May 2016 by London South Bank University.\u00a0 Following completion of the degree, he has designed an Ecopsychology course at the secondary level.\u00a0 He can be reached at drmarkbowen@hotmail.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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