Theorizing Family-Based Nature Activities and Family Functioning: The Integration of Attention Restoration Theory With a Family Routines and Rituals Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dina Izenstark ◽  
Aaron T. Ebata
Keyword(s):  
Family Functioning ◽  
Attention Restoration Theory ◽  
Family Routines ◽  
Attention Restoration ◽  
Family Based

scholarly journals Nature-Based Physical Activity Advertising: Recommendations Based on Attention Restoration Theory and Psychoevolutionary Theory

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam G Gavarkovs
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Natural Images ◽  
Message Design ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Attention Restoration Theory ◽  
Attention Restoration ◽  
Health Promotion Campaign

Recent research has suggested that physical activity in natural areas may provide benefits that exceed those in other settings. Additional benefits include increased self-esteem and enjoyment of the activity, and decreased negative mood states and blood pressure. Therefore, encouraging nature-based physical activities may play an important role in the promotion of health and wellness. Advertising has been cited as an important component of a health promotion campaign; although to date no study has recommended strategies for designing advertising specific to nature-based physical activities. The purpose of this article is to review two prominent human-nature interaction frameworks, Attention Restoration Theory (ART) and Psychoevolutionary Theory (PET), and based on their tenets, recommend strategies for message design. The two recommendations proposed are: (1) to include natural images that meet the restorative criteria outlined in both theories; and (2) to explicitly feature the additional benefits of exercising in natural spaces in advertisements. Adhering to these recommendations in the advertisement design process may increase the effectiveness of the message.

Information and Communication Technologies Use and Its Influence in Family Functioning

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-52
Author(s):  
Dinesh Kumar J. ◽  
Arulchelvan Sriram
Keyword(s):  
Family Functioning ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Ict Development ◽  
Family Based ◽  
The One

The influence of ICT in family functioning is a thrust area to study in which the adoption and changes in family activities are growing every day on par with ICT development. Among the models dealing with the subject, Hertlein's multitheoretical model is the one which contains the combination of factors from three different ICT and family-based theories. There is no measurement items found for this model. So, this research developed the measurement items for all the factors in model. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was done to validate the model. This research also understood the importance of family communication through literature and added that as a sub-factor in the process changes factor and fit well with the existing model. This proves that family communication is one of the major contributor of family process.

scholarly journals How does family functioning effect the outcome of family based treatment for adolescents with severe anorexia nervosa?

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Wallis ◽  
Jane Miskovic-Wheatley ◽  
Sloane Madden ◽  
Paul Rhodes ◽  
Ross D. Crosby ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Family Based Treatment ◽  
Family Based

A Family Based Model of Hispanic Adolescent Substance Use

1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey J. Brooks ◽  
Jeff Stuewig ◽  
Craig Winston Lecroy
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Peer Influences ◽  
Adolescent Substance Use ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Adolescent Substance ◽  
Family Based

While adolescent substance use has been the focus of extensive research over the last few decades, Hispanic adolescent substance use has received only limited attention. Studies exploring predictors of Hispanic adolescent substance use have failed to adequately explore the contribution of the family on substance use. The present study examined the relative influence of family, school and peer influences, perceived student substance use, family substance use, and acculturation on a sample of Mexican-American early adolescents using structural equations modeling. The findings varied for males and females. Family functioning and family use directly influenced substance use for males. Family functioning influenced school and peer variables, however, these were unrelated to use. For females, family use and student use directly influenced substance use. Family functioning influenced family use and school and peer attachments. School and peer attachment predicted perceived student use. These findings suggest that family functioning has a primary role in Hispanic adolescent substance use.

scholarly journals When the Nature of ‘Nature’ is Inconsistent: Evaluating the Natural Environment in Attention Restoration Theory

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naseem Dillman-Hasso
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trials ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Attentional Control ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Attention Restoration Theory ◽  
Attention Restoration ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Art Research

The Attention Restoration Theory (ART; Kaplan & Kaplan, 1989) postulates that exposure to nature can help improve cognitive processes, specifically attentional control. These benefits are hypothesized to help with concentration and focus. However, there is tremendous variability in the definitions and manipulations of nature in research on ART. This complicates extrapolation from the results and makes it harder to see if nature itself is the restorative component or rather some other facet. This review evaluates randomized controlled trials studying the ART from 2013-2018 and catalogues differences in how nature was operationalized across studies. The paper presents suggestions for more methodologically consistent ART research, including direct replications, and an updated scale for measuring the restorativeness of an environment. This preprint is an unpublished senior thesis.

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