Green Care: A Conceptual Framework - Frisk i naturen

in job autonomy, job demand, social support, skill utilisation, skill variety
and task feedback impairs an employee’s mental health. The importance of
green care in relation to work and employment is that it offers vulnerable
people the opportunity to engage in activities that can give them the
positive aspects of work as listed above whilst minimising the negative
ones.
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6.8 Insights of humanistic psychology
Humanistic psychology asserts that humans cannot be reduced to
components, that they have choices and responsibilities and that they seek
meaning. There is a rejection of determinism and a concern for positive
growth, rather than pathology (Bugental, 1964). According to Maslow
every human has fundamental basic needs: safety and security, love and
belonging, esteem, achievement and respect. An individual feels anxious
if these basic needs are not met. In addition there is the need for growth,
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