Connectedness to Nature Scale: Adult

Connectedness to Nature Scale: Adult

Connectedness to Nature Scale: Adult

(Mayer & McPherson Frantz, 2004)

The Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS) measures to what degree people feel part of nature. The study by Mayer & McPherson shows that this is a personality trait. This trait is predictive of responsible environmental behavior and subjective wellbeing. The scale is utilized by Dr. Elizabeth Warson, founder of Healing Pathways and faculty with the Expressive Arts Trauma Informed Institute, to gather data. A pre-test is done at the beginning of services or retreat experiences. This establishes a baseline. Periodically throughout services or at the end of a retreat experience, a post-test is completed to see if a person's connection to nature changes as a result of the experiences. Thus far, data supports that nature-based expressive arts therapy and equine-assisted expressive arts therapy result in increased scores.

Mayer, F.S. & McPherson Frantz, C. (2004). The connectedness to nature scale: A measure of individuals’ feeling in community with nature. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 24, 503-515.

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1. My personal welfare is independent of the welfare of the natural world.

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2. When I think of my life, I imagine myself to be part of a larger cyclical process of living.

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3. I often feel like I am only a small part of the natural world around me, and that I am no more important than the grass on the ground or the birds in the trees.

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4. When I think of my place on Earth, I consider myself to be a top member of a hierarchy that exists in nature.

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5. Like a tree can be part of a forest, I feel embedded within the broader natural world.

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6. I feel that all inhabitants of Earth, human, and nonhuman, share a common ‘life force’.

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7. I often feel part of the web of life.

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8. I have a deep understanding of how my actions affect the natural world.

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9. I feel as though I belong to the Earth as equally as it belongs to me.

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10. I often feel a kinship with animals and plants.

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11. I often feel disconnected from nature.

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12. I recognize and appreciate the intelligence of other living organisms.

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13. I think of the natural world as a community to which I belong.

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14. I often feel a sense of oneness with the natural world around me.

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