Evi PetersenOsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University · Department of Early Childhood Education
Evi Petersen
Doctor of Philosophy
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Introduction
I am interested in physical activity, health and the outdoors. In my PhD thesis, I explored the relevance emotions for nature connectedness, and their influence on well-being and environmentalism.
A second research interest of mine is barefoot walking and walking with minimalist footwear across the lifespan.
Additional affiliations
November 2017 - present
November 2015 - June 2017
Publications
Publications (21)
Across cultures, the relationship between humans and nature affects both the well-being of humans and the natural environment. While the concept of nature connectedness is recognized as an important topic in this regard, little is known about the psychological processes that establish and foster it. Positioned at the intersection of environmental p...
Objective
This study systematically summarizes the extant literature on the impacts of immersive virtual nature (IVN) on nature connectedness in the general population.
Methods
Papers were considered eligible if peer-reviewed, in English language, comprising experimental or quasi-experimental trials, including at least one outcome relative to natu...
Background: Green exercise (physical activity in presence of nature) has beneficial effects for health and wellbeing. Green exercise is a popular form of recreation in the Nordic countries, but participation is lower among the immigrant population from non-Western countries. However, no attention has been given to immigrants from the European Econo...
Background: Little is known on whether and how different visualization techniques used to develop Immersive Virtual Nature (IVN) scenarios influence the users' subjective experience and feelings of nature connectedness.
Methods: Sixty healthy adults were randomly allocated to walk for 10 min on a treadmill whilst facing a blank wall (control) or be...
The COVID-19 outbreak led to major restrictions globally, affecting people's psychosocial health and their health behaviors. Thus, the purpose of this scoping review was to summarize the available research regarding nature and health in the COVID-19 context. Keywords relating to natural environments and COVID-19 were combined to conduct a systemati...
Objective
Nature Connectedness, an individual’s cognitive, affective, and behavioral connection with the natural world, has been linked to various health and well-being outcomes. As Nature Connectedness can be elicited and strengthened through direct contact with nature, in the past decade studies have investigated whether similar effects can be ac...
As society changes so too does the environment around us. Urbanization has become a threat for natural environments. As our understanding of the benefits of nature engagement continues to evolve, it is important to understand what our relationship with nature looks like and how to foster it. With the looming challenge of urbanization it is time to...
The COVID-19 outbreak has led to major restrictions globally, affecting people’s psychosocial health and their health behaviors. Thus, the purpose of this scoping review was to summarize the available research regarding the nature-health-association in the COVID-19 context. Keywords related to natural environments and COVID-19 were combined to cond...
Background:
Solo-being intentionally solitary in nature-is receiving growing attention as a valuable outdoor education program component. Its practice and history have been researched in the context of experiential learning, but few studies have explicitly examined how solo experiences can affect dimensions of well-being. This study investigated a...
Solo – being intentionally solitary in nature – is receiving growing attention as a valuable outdoor education program component. Its practice and history have been researched in the context of experiential learning, but few studies have explicitly examined how solo experiences can affect dimensions of well-being. This study investigated a broad ra...
Kama muta is a social relational emotion, which English speakers often label as being moved or touched. Despite its important role for connecting to other human beings, its significance has not yet been explored in the context of nature. This qualitative study is the first to use photo elicitation to investigate a distinct emotion in the context of...
Background
While gait stability and variability measures in barefoot and shod locomotion have relatively frequently been investigated in younger adults, little is known for older cohorts. Moreover, most studies have investigated gait measures in laboratory settings instead of real-life settings.
Research questions
How are gait stability and variab...
Background:
In recent years, minimalist footwear has been increasingly promoted for its use in sportive and recreational activities. These shoes are considered to function naturally like barefoot walking while providing a protective surface. Despite a growing popularity of these shoes in the older population, little is known about the influence of...
Little is known about the psychological processes through which people connect to nature. From social psychology, we know that emotions play an essential role when connecting to others. In this article, we argue that social connectedness and connectedness to nature are underpinned by the same emotions. More specifically, we propose that social rela...
Diminishing proprioception caused by aging effects is associated with a higher risk to fall. However, existing measurement systems of proprioception are often expensive, time-consuming, or insufficient regarding reliability evaluation. Inertial sensor-based systems could address these issues. Consequently, this study sought to develop and evaluate...
Purpose
Urban green space (UGS) shows to be a sustainable resource stimulating physical activity, health and quality of life in the general population. With regard to an aging European population, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between UGS, physical activity and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in community-dwell...
Questions
Question (1)
Hello,
my colleges and I got a paper in a Elsevier journal accepted. When I as the corresponding author received the proof-read, I discovered that the production team provided the first draft (not accepted version) of our paper. I immediately sent a mail pointing this out and asking for the correct proof-read version. One day later the unaccepted first version of our paper got open access published on their webpage. Again, I e-mailed (about 6 times) the production team and production manager, so that they would take down the unaccepted version of our article from their webpage and provide me with the correct proof-read. This is now two weeks ago and I have only received two proof-reads afterwards, which were both incorrect. The unaccepted version of our article is still online. Is that normal? And is there anything I can do but waiting for them to provide me with the correct proof-read?
I am grateful for any advice!
