Annoyance Judgment and Measurements of Environmental Noise: A Focus on Italian Secondary Schools
| Autor: | Fabrizio Minichilli, Alessio Coi, Elena Ascari, Fabrizio Bianchi, Lorena Mezzasalma, Gaetano Licitra, Francesca Gorini, Luca Fredianelli, Liliana Cori, Federica Manzoli |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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noise Adolescent environment children questionnaire annoyance index health annoyance risk perception Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Emotions Applied psychology lcsh:Medicine Annoyance 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Article Judgment 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Quality (business) 030212 general & internal medicine Child Students Environmental noise Inverse correlation Set (psychology) 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common Schools 4. Education lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Acoustics Environmental Exposure Risk perception Noise Italy Scale (social sciences) Auditory Perception Female Psychology Stress Psychological |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 15, Iss 2, p 208 (2018) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 15; Issue 2; Pages: 208 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph15020208 |
| Popis: | The effects of noise on students’ health, well-being, and learning are of growing concern among both the general public and policy-makers in Europe. Several studies have highlighted the consequences of noise on children’s learning and performance at school. This study investigates the relationship between noise judgment in school goers aged 11–18 and noise measurements aimed at evaluating their exposure at school. For this purpose, a questionnaire was administered to 521 individuals in 28 classrooms in eight schools of four cities in Italy, with different environmental characteristics. Using a Likert-type scale, a selected set of responses related to noise generated an Annoyance Index (AI) score for each student and a classroom median score (MAI). From the noise data acquired, a global noise score (GNS) was assigned to each classroom. A higher AI was found in industrialized areas and among younger students. No significant differences in noise judgment were found by gender. A significant inverse correlation was described between MAI and GNS, thus the better the acoustic quality of the classrooms, the less the perceived noise and annoyance. The results show that noise perception and consequent disturbance are highly correlated with classroom acoustics, and confirm that annoyance represents the most widespread subjective response to noise. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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