How gardening affects our self-image
Many people have problems with the appreciation of your own body, a new study comes now to the conclusion that gardening can help the persons concerned to develop a positive self-image.
In the current study of the Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), it was found that gardening helps to improve one’s body image. The results of the study were published in the English journal “Ecopsychology”.
Small gardening improves the appreciation of one’s own body
The work in the small garden seems to actually improve the appreciation of one’s own body and its functions, as well as the acceptance of physical imperfections. This indicates how important it is in the nature of time spent for the people is not, even if there are large Parks or green spaces.
165 people took part in the study
For the new study, 84 people with a small garden, consisting of twelve urban garden in North London were investigated. In addition, there was a control group, consisting of 81 people, who were recruited from the same area of London and no garden work. On the basis of questionnaires, the researchers attempted to capture the self-perception of your body.
Garden work led to numerous improvements
If the Participating employees with the garden work, increased the level of their own body rating significantly. In addition, the degree of appreciation and the functionality of the human body, compared with people who had not engaged with work in the garden, increased the research reports of the results of the completed questionnaires.
A longer period of time in the garden led to a greater improvement in
The study also found that the improvement of one’s own positive body images to the Left of the small garden, was all the greater, the longer the Participants time with the garden work had spent.
Gardening improves mental wellbeing and physical health
Previous research had already shown that working in the garden with improved mental health is associated well-being and physical health. The new study complements this earlier Work and shows that the exposure contributes to natural environments to promote a positive body image.
The advantages of a positive self-image
A positive physical self-image is advantageous because it helps to promote the mental and physical capacity and General well-being contributes to, report the researchers. Previous studies had shown the benefits of staying in the nature in General, but the increasing urbanisation have led to a lot of people in today’s time, unfortunately, becoming less and less access to nature.
Even a small green can result in areas of significant advantages
The results of the new study are important because they indicate specifically the significant benefits of the stay in small garden systems, which are usually quite small green spaces in an otherwise mostly urban environments, explain the researchers more.
We need community small garden plants?
It would be extremely advantageous if all the people possibilities to work in the garden are available. Of which would not only benefit the individuals concerned, but also the health, because the long-term cost burden can be reduced, stress the researchers. One way to achieve this goal, a deployment of dedicated and sustainable community of small garden plants to be. (as)