Table 3.

Study 3—nature relatedness correlations with well-being and environmental measures in students (N = 354).

	NR-6 (0.86)	NR-21 (0.90)
NR mean (SD)	3.34 (0.96)	3.65 (0.68)
Positive affect (0.83)	0.21**	0.25**
Negative affect (0.82)	−0.06	−0.08
Vitality (0.83)	0.21**	0.25**
Autonomy (0.78)	0.21**	0.25**
Personal growth (0.74)	0.29**	0.36**
Purpose in life (0.79)	0.13*	0.19**
Ecology scale
Verbal commitment (0.72)	0.64**	0.70**
Actual commitment (0.74)	0.55**	0.57**
Affect (0.77)	0.57**	0.63**
Environmental concern
Egoistic (0.88)	−0.00	0.00
Altruistic (0.89)	0.10†	0.11*
Biospheric (0.92)	0.43**	0.50**
Sustainability—attitudes (0.51)	0.55**	0.59**
Sustainability—behavior (0.68)	0.53**	0.63**
Inclusion with nature in self	0.68**	0.69**

^†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 = 0.056 (using Fischer's z transformations).