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Nature plays a very important role in our lives. Nature gives positive emotions and it releases us from our stressful daily life so it is an important determinant of positive affect, internal aspiration and external aspiration. In today's world as urbanisation is increasing people are losing contact with their natural surroundings so in the present study an attempt was made to study the impact of nature on aspiration and positive affect. The sample of the current study comprised 60 girls pursuing graduation and post -graduation. In this study connectedness to nature scale (CNS) was used to select subjects for the experiment then they were randomly assigned into three groups' i.e. experimental group I, experimental group II and control group and were shown nature slides, urban slides and abstract slides respectively then their pre and post scores were evaluated to determine the impact of nature. Positive affect and negative affect schedule (PANAS) was used to measure positive affect and Aspiration Index was used to assess their level of aspiration. Significant differences were found on internal aspiration and positive affect between subjects who were exposed to nature slides and control group. Exposure to nature slides significantly increased internal aspiration and positive affect of subjects. The study implies that nature has a positive effect onus in manifold ways as it increases our aspirations to connect with others and build up relationships.
Keywords: nature, internal aspirations, external aspirations, positive affect
Nature refers to any single element of the natural environment (such as plants, animals, soil, water or air), and includes domestic and companion animals as well as cultivated pot plants. Nature can also refer collectively to the geological, evolutionary, and biophysical and biochemical processes that have occurred throughout time to create the Earth as it is today. Parks are public natural environments, spaces reserved for their natural or cultural qualities, usually owned, managed and administered by public institutions. Parks are utilized for a range of purposes, including for conservation, recreation and education. In urban settings, parks are seen to provide the most ready access to nature for many individuals.
In old days we lived very closely with nature in one form or another, as we did not live in the sophisticated way as we do at the moment....