ArticleFrontiers in psychology2026
Associations between green space exposure and climate anxiety among Chinese university students: the role of school-based and leisure-time physical activity, nature connectedness, and perceived stress.
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Background: Climate anxiety has become an important mental health concern among young adults, yet the pathways linking green space exposure to climate-related distress remain unclear. This study examined whether objective green space exposure was associated with climate anxiety among Chinese university students through domain-specific physical activity, nature connectedness, and perceived stress. Methods: A cross-sectional study included 918 undergraduate students from four universities in Wuhan Province, China. Residential and campus greenness were assessed using the satellite-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) was objectively measured using accelerometers and classified as school-based or leisure-time MVPA. Nature connectedness, perceived stress, and climate anxiety were assessed using validated questionnaires. Structural equation modeling with bias-corrected bootstrapping (5,000 resamples) was used to estimate direct and indirect associations while adjusting for relevant covariates. Results: Residential greenness was positively associated with leisure-time MVPA and nature connectedness, whereas campus greenness was more strongly associated with school-based MVPA. No significant direct association was observed between residential greenness and climate anxiety after accounting for mediators. However, an inverse indirect association was identified through leisure-time MVPA, nature connectedness, and perceived stress. Leisure-time MVPA showed stronger associations with climate anxiety than school-based MVPA. Nature connectedness displayed a positive direct association with climate anxiety but an inverse indirect association through lower perceived stress. Perceived stress showed the strongest association with climate anxiety. Conclusion: These findings suggest that green space may be linked to climate anxiety primarily through behavioral and psychological pathways.
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