Cumulative Frequency of Nature Dose: How Continuous and Regular Forest Walking Improves Nature Relatedness, Restorativeness, and Learning Engagement in College Students

Forest is a natural resource that provides walking as popular leisure activity for urban residents. From the perspective of “dose nature”, continuous contact with environments and engagement in activities can gradually promote positive health benefits. This study aims to explore “cumulative frequency nature dose” through regular forest walking. Ten college students were recruited walk once week 30 min campus forest. Eight weeks experiences collected by administering questionnaires on relatedness, mental health, restorativeness, learning before first walk, well after fourth eighth walks. The findings this revealed induce accumulated By taking at least walks continuously eight weeks, subjects improved their increased school, gained more attention recovery reflection experiences, re-established relationship nature. In addition, different doses benefits observed cumulative processes.