The connectedness model and optimal development: Is ecopsychology the answer to emotional well-being?

Abstract

Abstract To help mitigate the impact of multi‐environmental degradation, I have constructed, implemented, and researched a program for emotionally at‐risk children using nature in a therapeutic format. Based on the Piers‐Harris self‐concept scale and person drawings, the children demonstrated a post‐program increase in self‐esteem (p < .001), happiness, educational status, and emotional development (p < .001). They also demonstrated enhanced perceptual skills, self‐efficacy, empathy and a significant reduction in aggression. Basically, they were able to develop their emotional health (or intellect). This research sets out a conceptual definition of ecopsychology and supports a new theory of development challenging the ideation of the isolated self and affirms that a child's psyche is part of a vast synergistic model of connections.

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