Table 1.

Study 1—nature relatedness correlations with well-being and environmental measures in students (n = 184).

	NR-6 (.83)	NR-21 (.87)
NR mean (SD)	3.00 (.86)	3.28 (.60)
Positive affect (0.84)	0.27**	0.29**
Negative affect (0.86)	−0.06	−0.11
Satisfaction with life (0.84)	0.04	0.13†
Autonomy (0.78)	0.23**	0.28**
Personal growth (0.82)	0.22**	0.29**
Purpose in life (0.76)	0.11	0.19*
Environmental mastery (0.77)	0.01	0.09
Self-acceptance (0.90)	0.12	0.18*
Positive relations with others (0.84)	0.00	0.10
Ecology scale
Verbal commitment (0.73)	0.56**	0.53**
Actual commitment (0.72)	0.41**	0.42**
Affect (0.79)	0.54**	0.57**
New ecological paradigm (0.75)	0.38**	0.54**
New ecological consciousness (0.83)	0.53**	0.60**

^†p < 0.10,

^*p < 0.05,

^**p < 0.01. Cronbach's alpha in parentheses. Average absolute value difference between NR-6 and NR-21 correlations: r = 0.073 (using Fischer's z transformations).