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Outdoor Recreation & Nature ExperienceNEQS✓ Validated
Nature Experience Quality Scale
Kaplan & Kaplan · 1989
Overview
Measures the quality of nature experiences, including the degree to which nature experiences are immersive, meaningful, restorative, and transformative. Captures both the immediate experiential qualities of nature contact (presence, attention, sensory engagement) and the longer-term outcomes (insight, transformation, lasting well-being).
Measure Details
Number of Items16 items
Response Scale7-point Likert (1 = Not at all, 7 = Completely)
Author(s)Kaplan & Kaplan
Year Published1989
Internal Reliabilityα = .87
DomainOutdoor Recreation & Nature Experience
Citation
Kaplan, R., & Kaplan, S. (1989). The experience of nature: A psychological perspective. Cambridge University Press.
Keywords
nature experiencequalityimmersivemeaningfulrestorativetransformativepresenceattention
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At a Glance
Items16
Year1989
Reliabilityα = .87