Citation: Grabowska-Chenczke, O.; Wajchman- ´ Switalska, S.; Wo´ zniak, M. Psychological Well-Being and Nature Relatedness. Forests 2022, 13, 1048. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13071048 Academic Editors: Alan Ewert and Jillisa Overholt Received: 31 May 2022 Accepted: 30 June 2022 Published: 2 July 2022 Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affil- iations. Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). Article Psychological Well-Being and Nature Relatedness Olga Grabowska-Chenczke 1 , Sandra Wajchman- ´ Switalska 2, * and Marcin Wo´ zniak 3 1 Department of Law and Enterprise Management in Agribusiness, Faculty of Economics, University of Life Sciences in Pozna ´ n, Wojska Polskiego St. 28, 60-637 Pozna´ n, Poland; olga.grabowska-chenczke@up.poznan.pl 2 Department of Forestry Management, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, University of Life Sciences in Pozna ´ n, Wojska Polskiego St. 71C, 60-625 Pozna´ n, Poland 3 Faculty of Human Geography and Planning, Adam Mickiewicz University in Pozna ´ n, Bogumil Krygowski St. 10, 61-680 Poznan, Poland; woz@amu.edu.pl * Correspondence: sandra.switalska@up.poznan.pl Abstract: The way people perceive contact with nature may impact their environmental attitudes and psychological well-being (WB). Nature relatedness (NR) refers to the affective, cognitive, and experi- ential aspects of individuals’ connection to nature. The aim of the presented research concentrates on the assessment of the relationship between well-being, self-control and connectedness with the natural environment. The data was collected via online questionnaire between March and April 2022. In the study, we combined descriptive statistics with analysis of variance. We also quantitatively assessed correlations between major components of NR scale and psychological WB across men’ and women’ inquires. The results showed that there is a statistically significant relationship between the general index of NR and overall psychological WB. Furthermore, correlation between specific aspects of NR and WB subscales were also observed. These interactions are considerable among both men and women. We have also identified a major correlation between NR and self-control, which indicates the link between the way a person approaches oneself and natural environment. Finally, the analysis provides evidence that women are on average more related to nature, although the men may benefit more from this kind of relationship. Further gender differences could be observed in terms of nature-relatedness perspective component, general self-control, score and overall NR score These relationships are highly vital among men while irrelevant among women. Keywords: nature relatedness; well-being; self-control; social status; human-nature relationship; ecosystem services; forests 1. Introduction Nature relatedness (NR) expresses the affective, cognitive, and experiential aspects of human–nature relationship [1]. The construct of nature relatedness (NR; and the self- report scale by the same name) disclose individual differences in the way people view their relationship with the natural world [1]. High nature relatedness, or a strong subjective connection with nature, is typically associated with greater happiness and environmental concern. While disconnection seems to have harmful consequences for both human and environmental health, it is a regular consequence of the modern lifestyles that often separate people (physically and psychologically) from the natural world [2]. Generally, being in contact with natural ecosystems is beneficial to humans [3–12]. The health benefits of contact with nature are described using the “Nature Therapy The- ory” [13,14]. It seems that the relationships with the health benefits of contact with nature are the most intensively studied in relation to forests and green areas. Visiting forests is con- sidered one method to positively influence mental, physical, and social well-being [15–18]. Both natural and urban woodlands upgrade people’s quality of life [19,20]. From the medi- cal point of view, various plant communities have a wide range of therapeutic properties, including disinfection, blood pressure-lowering, anti-asthma, immune-boosting, etc. [21]. Forests 2022, 13, 1048. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13071048 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests