Lærke Mygind|Eva Kjeldsted|Rikke Hartmeyer|Erik Mygind|Mads Bølling|Peter Bentsen
Mental, physical and social health benefits of immersive nature-experience for children and adolescents: A systematic review and quality assessment of the evidence
Steno Diabetes Center|Capital Region of Denmark|Steno Diabetes Center|Capital Region of Denmark|Steno Diabetes Center|Capital Region of Denmark|University of Copenhagen|Steno Diabetes Center|Capital Region of Denmark|Steno Diabetes Center|Capital Region of Denmark|University of Copenhagen
systematic review summarised evaluated evidence benefits immersive natureexperience children adolescents mental physical social health electronic search performed english language articles published january 2004 may 2017 data extracted 84 publications met inclusion criteria study quality assessed subset studies ie controlled withinsubject studies using systematic assessment scheme quality evidence reviewed outcome level across heterogeneous types immersive natureexperience conditional support benefits selfesteem selfefficacy resilience academic cognitive performance correlational research evidenced higher levels physical activity natural environments comparison conditions benefits outcomes selfconcept problem solving mood inconclusive addition social skilloriented behavioural indicators improved although categories comprised different outcomes risk bias insufficient sampling methods unsuited comparison groups common study limitations