Ecological Systems Model

Human-centered conceiving Environment as a modifier

Person-And-Environment

Focus on understanding the person and his/her/their social environment

Person-In-Environment

Focus on understanding the person’s self-image and individual identity

Interconnectedness Model

Environment centered conceiving an interdependency between human (person) and non-human (natural environment)

Person-With-Environment

Focus on the relations as connections between person (human) and environment (non-human)

Person-As-Environment

Focus on sameness or egalitarian interrelationship between person (human) and environment (non-human)