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This study examined whether objective green space exposure was associated with climate anxiety among Chinese university students through domain-specific physical activity, nature connectedness, and perceived stress.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A cross-sectional study included 918 undergraduate students from four universities in Wuhan Province, China. Residential and campus greenness were assessed using the satellite-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) was objectively measured using accelerometers and classified as school-based or leisure-time MVPA. Nature connectedness, perceived stress, and climate anxiety were assessed using validated questionnaires. Structural equation modeling with bias-corrected bootstrapping (5,000 resamples) was used to estimate direct and indirect associations while adjusting for relevant covariates.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Residential greenness was positively associated with leisure-time MVPA and nature connectedness, whereas campus greenness was more strongly associated with school-based MVPA. No significant direct association was observed between residential greenness and climate anxiety after accounting for mediators. However, an inverse indirect association was identified through leisure-time MVPA, nature connectedness, and perceived stress. Leisure-time MVPA showed stronger associations with climate anxiety than school-based MVPA. Nature connectedness displayed a positive direct association with climate anxiety but an inverse indirect association through lower perceived stress. Perceived stress showed the strongest association with climate anxiety.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings suggest that green space may be linked to climate anxiety primarily through behavioral and psychological pathways.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1948606","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,24]],"date-time":"2026-09-24T05:43:28Z","timestamp":1790228608000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Associations between green space exposure and climate anxiety among Chinese university students: the role of school-based and leisure-time physical activity, nature connectedness, and perceived stress"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Xueqin","family":"Wu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Wushu (Martial Arts), Wuhan Sports University","place":["Wuhan, Hubei, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yan","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology","place":["Wuhan, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cui","family":"Deng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology","place":["Wuhan, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hamid","family":"Amin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, College of Arts, Mustansiriyah University","place":["Baghdad, Iraq"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1105","DOI":"10.1007\/s12061-024-09578-7","article-title":"The impacts of visible green spaces on the mental well-being of university students","volume":"17","author":"Bai","year":"2024","journal-title":"Appl. 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