Schlüsselwörter
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well-being; urban nature; wild and tended forest; restoration; natural environment
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Forschungsprogramme
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COST-Action E39 - Forests, Trees and Human Health and Wellbeing
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Kurzbeschreibung
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Durch eine vergleichende Evaluation der Wirkung von unterschiedlichen periurbanen Naturflächen (gepflegter Wald, wilder Wald) auf das Wohlbefinden und die Erholung werden Aussagen über die Relevanz der unterschiedlichen Flächen für Volksgesundheit und die Möglichkeiten zur Optimierung der Wirkungen dieser Flächen gemacht Prof. H. Gutscher, Institute for Social Psychology, UniZH Dr. M. Hunziker, WSL (COST E 33) Dr. M. Buchecker, WSL (COST E33)
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Weitere Hinweise und Angaben
(Englisch)
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Full name of research-institution/enterprise: Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL Sozialwissenschaftliche Landschaftsforschung
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Partner und Internationale Organisationen
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BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HR, HU, IE, IT, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, UK
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Abstract
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Many studies show the positive effect of perceiving natural environments onto restoration and well-being. Most of these research studies use a comparison of natural and urban environments to show the superiority of natural environments. With some exceptions, specific characteristics in natural environment are not being focused yet. A comparison of the effect of different natural environments has neither been done. The present study is doing this comparison, namely between wild and tended woods, looking for differences in the effect onto well-being. Another focus of this study is dealing with the question, if the presentation mode of natural settings does have an effect onto human well-being as well. So far, most studies are presenting environments by either photographic or video stimulation, some also integrating nature and urban walks. In our study, we propose that the stimulation mode itself effects human well-being. To answer these research questions, our conceptual design consists of a 2x2-experimental design, representing natural environments - wild and tended wood - as well as the experimental mode of in-situ and laboratory. A sample of N=203 is randomly assigned to one of the four conditions. Mean age of the inhabitants of Zurich and agglomerations in the sample was 35 years. The positive effect onto well-being is shown in the pre-post-comparison for all groups. Looking at the differences between the wild and tended wood groups, tended wood is influencing well-being more positively compared to wild wood. Concerning the influence of presentation modes, there was a significant effect as well. In the laboratory condition the positive dimensions were increasing stronger, while the negative dimensions of well-being did not show significant differences between in-situ and laboratory. Besides opening a new perspectives in scientific research in restoration psychology, these results indicate the opportunity to actively support human health by the design of natural areas. Especially for people living in urban environments, restoration and well-being in nearby natural areas is highly relevant to recover from daily hassles. We show that an amount of care is needed for an especially positive effect of people's well-being. This needs to be considered in the design process for natural space. On top of that we show that an artificial situation with nature stimulation and movement on a treadmill cannot substitute the experience of real nature.
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Datenbankreferenzen
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Swiss Database: COST-DB of the State Secretariat for Education and Research Hallwylstrasse 4 CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland Tel. +41 31 322 74 82 Swiss Project-Number: C04.0100
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