Physical Activity, Natural Environment, Present Moment Awareness, and Its Consideration: A Qualitative Review

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Thank you for your submission. Research into the area of physical activity, subjective well-being, natural environment, and present moment awarenes is an emerging and critical field, so I commend the authors for their effort in this area. The topic of healthy lifestyle is very much in vogue, but the authors really open up a new perspective. 

The purpose is clearly stated at the beginning of the manuscript, but the introduction immediately includes the summary result of the article, the „General participatory action model”. The introduction should contain some thoughts on the actuality, and social significance of the research.

The method was textual analysis. I would like to know which databases of academic journals were used, what search criteria were used? Were there keywords here? Which filters were set? How many hits were there for which search etc.? Here, the authors should follow the internationally common search strategy for systematic literature reviews.

In presenting the relationship between Physical Activity and Subjective Well-Being, the authors used two meta-analyzes, to show physical activity in the natural environment they used ten reviews, and in the case of presenting Present Moment Awareness they used six sources, of which only one review was used. The total number of sources are 27, which could be explained by citing meta-analyzes and reviews, but the number of sources could be increased.

In the case of the relationship between the natural environment and physical activity, numerous articles prove the importance of outdoor exercise and its motivating effect on performing physical activities. You should consider citing „Sustainability-Sport-Physical activity” from International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18:4 p. 1455 (2021), which includes a review summary of the topic.

I agree with authors: The benefits of living in the present moment awareness (PMA) are praised highly by many philosophical and religious traditions, yet there has been inconsistent scientific evidence to support that suggestion.” that is why I suggest expanding this section, I suggest quoting additional literature to establish scholarship.

The explanation of the results is clear, although it can be more detailed. The development of the model is the result of the research, so Figure 1 fits more into this chapter. As expansion, questions that come to mind in reading results sections were: what did this mean, how does the literature and data tie together, and what research is still necessary? Then, the discussion section should explore this at a deeper level and provide insights into the research on the topic rather than simply state that the examined factors are linked. (Although the authors indicated limitations of the research e.g. heterogeneity of previous research.)

The conclusion is clear, I agree with the further research direction outlined in this chapter.

If an abbreviation is used, the abbreviation should appear in parentheses when the abbreviated expression first appears in the text. In the line 28 abbreviations “PA”, „SWB” are used without explanations. (They are in a later text.) 

Lines 67-68-69 have an unnecessary line break.

Author Response

Dear, editors of the manuscript                                                       July 19^th, 2021

Submission of the revised manuscript

Manuscript ID: sustainability-1307785

Thereby we would like to express our appreciation for your consideration, evaluation, and revisions of our contribution. We acknowledge the value of your constructive comments and feedback. We did our utmost to revise the manuscript under provided suggestions and confront all the issues. We intend to publish a paper entitled “Physical Activity, Natural Environment, Present Moment Awareness, and its Consideration: A Qualitative Review.”    On behalf of all the contributors, I would take the opportunity to respond to the reviewer’s comments.

Responses to reviewer 1. We would like to express our appreciation for your professionalism, valuable suggestions, pending time, a perspective that certainly broadens outlook on our working field.

If there are any additional further requirements and adjustments from your side, please notify us to respond as early as possible.

With Respect,

Ivan Uher

Corresponding contributor:

[email protected] 

Tel.: (421)915316532

PS: The green color indicates changes.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

The work is of a review character. It does not bring any major novelties to the science of physical culture. However, it is written carefully and with a clear idea to present the subject.

You can expand on the introduction a little.

Please explain all abbreviations when they appear in the text for the first time (abstract-PA, SWB, PMA).

Line 68 - unnecessary paragraph

Graphically described dependencies can also be presented in conclusions

In general, the work is interesting, it presents a subjective, but based on a properly selected literature, approach to the issue in question. The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between physical activity and its perception and well-being, the natural environment and awareness. 

Author Response

Dear, editors of the manuscript                                                       July 19^th, 2021

Submission of the revised manuscript

Manuscript ID: sustainability-1307785

Thereby we would like to express our appreciation for your consideration, evaluation, and revisions of our contribution. We acknowledge the value of your constructive comments and feedback. We did our utmost to revise the manuscript under provided suggestions and confront all the issues. We intend to publish a paper entitled “Physical Activity, Natural Environment, Present Moment Awareness, and its Consideration: A Qualitative Review.”    On behalf of all the contributors, I would take the opportunity to respond to the reviewer’s comments.

Responses to reviewer 2. We would like to express our appreciation for your professionalism, valuable suggestions, pending time, a perspective that certainly broadens outlook on our working field.

If there are any additional further requirements and adjustments from your side, please notify us to respond as early as possible.

With Respect,

Ivan Uher

Corresponding contributor:

[email protected] 

Tel.: (421)915316532

PS: the green color indicates changes

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf