Effects on perceptions of greenspace benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic

Figures & data

Figure 1. Average (±1 SE) self-reported subjective well-being (SWB) on a scale of 1 (low) to 10 (high). Participants’ SWB during their last trip outdoors (“SWB Outdoors”). Each SWB score is averaged based on respondents’ perceived effect of their most recent trip outdoors on their well-being. Different letters indicate statistically significant differences within each SWB score. Only one participant indicated an “Extremely Negative” effect of their most recent trip outdoors on the seven-point Likert scale, and thus this data was removed from analyses.

Table 1. Themes and sub-themes regarding the association between perceived positive contribution of greenspace and SWB.

A. Previous personal experience	B. Social-environmental circumstances
(1) Growing up with the outdoors (n = 21)	(1) Yearning a break from current situation and isolation (n = 22)
(2) Prior use of nature to cope with stress (n = 4)	(2) Proximity to green space (n = 9)

n indicates the number of interviewees expressing each theme and counts are not mutually exclusive.