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Psychosocial Determinants of Recreational Activity within Urban Green Spaces during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Poland

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dc.abstract.enRecreational activity undertaken within urban green spaces (UGS) is an action that could be self-governed and self-regulated by a given person under the pressure of COVID-19. We aimed to identify the factors that induce or reduce the frequency of recreational activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. These factors were explored among two distinct fields: (1) demographic variables and (2) stress-coping strategies. The former is associated with a body of literature on socioeconomic determinants of physical activity. The latter is derived from psychological studies on coping responses to problems. In this paper, we present an interdisciplinary perspective on human recreational activity during the pandemic. We collected information on stress-coping strategies and the patterns of urban green recreation among 376 prime-age Polish adults with different places of residence. We observed that people who use forests daily had higher scores of acceptance as a coping strategy than people using green spaces only on weekends. As choosing acceptance as a coping strategy is typical for those who consider their situation to be irreversible, green recreation may help to acclimate individuals to stressful situations that cannot be easily changed or controlled, which is the case for the pandemic. Moreover, we found that active coping, as well as avoidant coping, were predictors of increased use of green spaces during the pandemic. This conclusion affirms that green recreation as a form of reducing COVID-19-induced stress is associated with the dual nature of coping (active and avoidant). Further research is necessary to better understand of motivation to use urban green recreation, especially when practiced as a method of strengthening mental health.
dc.affiliationWydział Leśny i Technologii Drewna
dc.affiliationWydział Ekonomiczny
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Urządzania Lasu
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Prawa i Organizacji Przedsiębiorstw w Agrobiznesie
dc.contributor.authorWajchman-Świtalska, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorGrabowska-Chenczke, Olga Maria
dc.contributor.authorWoźniak, Marcin
dc.contributor.authorBałaj, Bibianna
dc.date.access2026-02-16
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-03T08:16:28Z
dc.date.available2026-03-03T08:16:28Z
dc.date.copyright2022-09-26
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.accesstimeat_publication
dc.description.bibliographyil., bibliogr.
dc.description.financepublication_nocost
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dc.description.if2,9
dc.description.number10
dc.description.points100
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume13
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/f13101569
dc.identifier.issn1999-4907
dc.identifier.urihttps://sciencerep.up.poznan.pl/handle/item/7577
dc.identifier.weblinkhttp://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/10/1569
dc.languageen
dc.relation.ispartofForests
dc.relation.pagesart. 1569
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.sciencecloudnosend
dc.share.typeOPEN_JOURNAL
dc.subject.enCOVID-19 pandemic
dc.subject.engreen recreation
dc.subject.enurban green spaces (UGS)
dc.subject.enurban forests
dc.subject.enstress-coping strategies
dc.subject.enmental health
dc.titlePsychosocial Determinants of Recreational Activity within Urban Green Spaces during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Poland
dc.title.volumeSpecial Issue Forest Bathing and Forests for Public Health
dc.typeJournalArticle
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