46%
restorative perception partly explains how bird interactions improve mental health
Exact: 46.17%
Restorative environmental perception mediates nearly half of the mental health benefit from human–bird interactions
Using structural equation modeling, the researchers found that REP partially mediates the relationship between human–bird interactions and mental health. This means that while bird interactions directly improve mental health, a substantial portion—46.17%—of that benefit operates indirectly by first enhancing how restorative visitors perceive the environment. The remaining effect is a direct pathway not mediated by REP.
Restorative environmental perception (REP) plays a partial mediating role between human–bird interactions and mental health, explaining 46.17% of the total effect.
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