Do Physical Activity, Social Cohesion, and Loneliness Mediate the Association Between Time Spent Visiting Green Space and Mental Health?

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 144-166

  van den Berg, Magdalena M ^a   van Poppel, Mireille ^a,b   van Kamp, Irene ^c   Ruijsbroek, Annemarie ^c   Triguero Mas, Margarita ^d,e,f   Gidlow, Christoffer ^g   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^d,e,f   Gražulevičiene, Regina ^h   van Mechelen, Willem ^a   Kruize, Hanneke ^c   Maas, Jolanda ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d Barcelona Biomedical Research Park   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^f CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^g STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

cross sectional study; loneliness; mediation analysis; mental health; physical activity; social cohesion; time spent visiting green space; vitality

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; WALKING;

EUROPE;

EID: 85059262543     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916517738563     Document Type: Article

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