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Naturligtvis: en studie om naturens betydelse för ungdomars hälsa
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies.
2010 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

The aim of this study was to investigate the importance of nature for the health and well-being of young adults. A qualitative method was used and data was collected through semi-structured interviews with eleven people from the ages of 15-20. The interviews were transcribed with the results of the study revealing that nearly everyone felt calm and relaxed while they were in a natural environment. The most common motivation to be outdoors was socializing with friends, performing any kind of sport and/or taking walks. Reasons to stay indoors were rainy, cold weather, lack of time, and in some cases circumstances related to their surroundings, such as where they live. The findings suggest that a natural environment has positive effects for the health of adolescents. Measures should be taken to promote the outdoors, especially for people who live in countries where the weather makes it less enticing to be outside, for example Northern Europe. Further research is needed to investigate what measures should be taken, and a suggestion for future research is to give adolescents an opportunity to provide with ideas.

Abstract [sv]

Denna uppsats har skrivits med syfte att ta reda på vilken betydelse naturen har för ungdomars hälsa, samt redogöra för vad som får ungdomar att spendera tid utomhus respektive stanna inomhus. Uppsatsen är av kvalitativ karaktär och empirisk data samlades in genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med elva ungdomar mellan åldrarna 15-20 år. Intervjumaterialet transkriberades innan en innehållsanalys genomfördes. Studiens huvudresultat visade att vistelse i naturen gav ungdomar en känsla av avslappning och lugn och att naturen var en plats de trivs i. De vanligaste orsakerna till vistelse utomhus var umgänge med kompisar, utförande av någon typ av sport eller promenader. Anledningar till att stanna inomhus var regn och kyla, tidsbrist samt i vissa fall omständigheter på grund av omgivningen, såsom var boendet ligger i förhållande till naturen. Eftersom vistelse i naturen visade sig positivt för ungdomars hälsa bör åtgärder vidtas för att öka deras utomhusvistelse. Detta speciellt för ungdomar som bor i länder där vädret ofta gör det mindre lockande att gå ut, såsom i norra Europa. Vidare forskning behövs för att utreda vilka åtgärder som bör vidtas och ett förslag är att ge ungdomarna själva chansen att komma med idéer.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2010. , p. 24
Keywords [en]
Nature’s impact on health, Nature’s impact on adolescent’s health, Stay in the nature, Stay outdoors.
Keywords [sv]
Naturens inverkan på hälsan, Naturens inverkan på ungdomars hälsa, Naturvistelse, Utomhusvistelse
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-7126Archive number: HPPC-Vt10-18OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-7126DiVA, id: diva2:327660
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Social and Behavioural Science, Law
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Available from: 2010-06-30 Created: 2010-06-28 Last updated: 2010-06-30Bibliographically approved

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