La relazione tra la Connessione con la Natura e i Comportamenti Pro-Ambientali: una revisione sistematica PRISMA Maria Martina Fiorenza University of Florence, Italy This is a section of La formazione alla ricerca(DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0504-7) by Vanna Boffo, Fabio Togni Firenze University Press Florence 2024 https://doi.org/10.36253/979-12-215-0504-7.16

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This systematic literature review examines the relationship between Connectedness to Nature (CN) and Pro-Environmental Behaviors (PEB). Considering the worsening climate change and the current climate emergency, pro-environmental behavior has gained significant attention in the literature. PEBs aim to minimize negative impacts and maximize positive impacts on the environment. Researchers have focused on connectedness to nature as a potential driver of pro-environmental behavior. However, there is no universally agreed definition of this construct, which can be understood as a profound connection with nature. The review of the literature was carried out by the PRISMA method (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis). To access the literature we consulted Google Scholar, PubMed, Sociological Abstracts, PsycArticles, PsycInfo, Science Direct, and Academic Search Complete databases, inserting as keywords: "connectedness to nature" and "pro-environmental behavior". The search returned 2,280 results after duplicate removal. Of these 2,280 total results only 29 articles were selected based on the following inclusion criteria: (1) indexed articles on the selected databases (2) publication date until July 2022, (3) empirical study, (4) published in journals, conference proceedings, or as a Master’s degree or Doctoral thesis, (5) written in English or Italian, (6) Two keywords had to be present in the abstract: "connectedness to nature" and "pro-environmental behavior", (7) the studies had to evaluate the relationship between connectedness to nature and pro-environmental behavior. The reported results have clearly shown the presence of a significant and positive relationship between CN and PEB, however with great variability. On average, individual PEBs were more strongly associated with CN than activism PEBs.

 Climate change Connectedness to nature Pro-environmental behavior Systematic review

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