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Committed Bird-Watchers Gain Greater Psychological Restorative Benefits Compared to Those Less Committed Regardless of Expertise

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dc.abstract.enNumerous studies have shown a positive impact of nature on psychological restoration and on well-being, which, in turn, are related to life satisfaction. Previous studies were place based or episode assessments, usually in the field. Here, we studied bird-watchers at different levels of their recreational specialization, especially the factor commitment. We applied a leisure activity-related questionnaire to assess psychological restorativeness. We analyzed responses from 388 bird-watchers (260 male, 127 female, 1 diverse) from an internet survey. Three factors emerged and were labeled as restoration, detachment, and experiencing freedom. We here show for the first time that the psychological restorativeness of a leisure activity is dependent on the recreational specialization level. Psychological commitment toward birding was related to all three factors. Thus, birders do not need to have a high knowledge or must do many birding trips, but rather birding needs to be important to their life. This, in turn, suggests that even beginners in bird-watching with low expertise may gain health benefits from their leisure activity.
dc.affiliationWydział Medycyny Weterynaryjnej i Nauk o Zwierzętach
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Zoologii
dc.contributor.authorRandler, Christoph
dc.contributor.authorMurawiec, SÅ‚awomir
dc.contributor.authorTryjanowski, Piotr
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-20T10:46:32Z
dc.date.available2026-02-20T10:46:32Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.bibliographybibliogr.
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dc.description.number2
dc.description.points40
dc.description.volume14
dc.identifier.doi10.1089/eco.2021.0062
dc.identifier.issn1942-9347
dc.identifier.urihttps://sciencerep.up.poznan.pl/handle/item/7411
dc.languageen
dc.relation.ispartofEcopsychology
dc.relation.pages101-110
dc.rightsClosedAccess
dc.sciencecloudnosend
dc.subject.enbird-watching
dc.subject.enattention restoration theory
dc.subject.enstress recovery theory
dc.subject.enrecreation specialization
dc.subject.enleisure
dc.titleCommitted Bird-Watchers Gain Greater Psychological Restorative Benefits Compared to Those Less Committed Regardless of Expertise
dc.typeJournalArticle
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oaire.citation.volume14