Connection to Nature Data

This data file contains demographic information along with established scale scores of 515 both allotment and non-allotment owners to explore their time in nature and the impacts of this on mental health. Also, questions were asked around time and activities in nature. The age range was between 18-85 years old. The data had approval from the psychology research ethics committee. Before data collection began, full informed consent was obtained from participants as well as information sheets provided to them and all participants were fully debriefed afterwards. Identifying information was removed to ensure confidentiality and anonymity. The scores for the scales on mental health (Clarke et al, 2011; NHS health scotland,2008), self-esteem (Robins, Hendin & Trzesniewski, 2001), physical health (DeSalvo et al, 2006), connection to nature (Nisbet, & Zelenski,2013), social identity (Sani, Madhok, Norbury, Dugard & Wakefield, 2014), loneliness (De Jong Gierveld & Van Tilburg, 2006), social support (Van Dick & Haslam, 2012) and self- efficacy (Tambs, & Røysamb, 2014) are included.