TY - JOUR
T1 - Outdoor activities and contact with nature in the Portuguese context
T2 - A comparative study between children’s and their parents’ experiences
AU - Almeida, António
AU - Rato, V.
AU - Dabaja, Z. F.
N1 - info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F04647%2F2020/PT#
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDP%2F04647%2F2020/PT#
UIDB/04647/2020
UIDP/04647/2020
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Several studies in the Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon countries have shown a decline in outdoor activities and contact with nature during childhood. In Latin countries, these studies are still missing. A total of 562 urban children from Lisbon (Portugal) and 303 of their parents took part in the present study, which mainly aimed to compare the intergenerational engagement in outdoor activities. The results showed a decrease in children’s outdoor activities during the weekdays, weekends and summer holidays. Activities like picking berries, collecting rocks and fossils or climbing trees appear to be rarely performed nowadays. Furthermore, the results suggested that schools are no longer playing a role in promoting outdoor activities and children are spending their leisure time indoors, using technological devices or going shopping. Finally, the decline in outdoor activities seems to affect boys and girls equally. Several implications are discussed and recommendations for parents, teachers and politicians are proposed.
AB - Several studies in the Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon countries have shown a decline in outdoor activities and contact with nature during childhood. In Latin countries, these studies are still missing. A total of 562 urban children from Lisbon (Portugal) and 303 of their parents took part in the present study, which mainly aimed to compare the intergenerational engagement in outdoor activities. The results showed a decrease in children’s outdoor activities during the weekdays, weekends and summer holidays. Activities like picking berries, collecting rocks and fossils or climbing trees appear to be rarely performed nowadays. Furthermore, the results suggested that schools are no longer playing a role in promoting outdoor activities and children are spending their leisure time indoors, using technological devices or going shopping. Finally, the decline in outdoor activities seems to affect boys and girls equally. Several implications are discussed and recommendations for parents, teachers and politicians are proposed.
KW - Children’s parents
KW - Contact with nature
KW - Outdoor activities
KW - Primary school children
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85118429420&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14733285.2021.1998368
DO - 10.1080/14733285.2021.1998368
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85118429420
SN - 1473-3285
VL - 21
SP - 108
EP - 122
JO - Children's Geographies
JF - Children's Geographies
IS - 1
ER -