The tree-species-specific effect of forest bathing on perceived anxiety alleviation of young-adults in urban forests
| Autor: | Hongxu Wei, Zhi-Bin Ren, Bai-Yi An, Xingyuan He, Haoming Guan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Bathing media_common.quotation_subject education Plant Science 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Acer triflorum Urban forest medicine Young adult lcsh:Forestry 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common Ecology biology Forestry natural product psychological impact well-being stress anthropogenic activities city biology.organism_classification Geography Anxiety lcsh:SD1-669.5 medicine.symptom Worry Tree species Demography Betula platyphylla |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Forest Research, Vol 60, Iss 2, Pp 327-341 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 2065-2445 1844-8135 |
| Popis: | Forest bathing, i.e. spending time in a forest to walk, view and breathe in a forest, can alleviate the mental depression of visitors, but the tree-species-specific effect of this function by the urban forest is unknown. In this study, sixty-nine university students (aged 19-22, male ratio: 38%) were recruited as participants to visit urban forests dominated by birch (Betula platyphylla Suk.), maple (Acer triflorum Komarov) and oak (Quercus mongolica Fisch. ex Ledeb) trees in a park at the center of Changchun City, Northeast China. In the maple forest only the anxiety from study interest was decreased, while the anxiety from employment pressure was alleviated to the most extent in the birch forest. Participants perceived more anxiety from lesson declined in the oak forest than in the birch forest. Body parameters of weight and age were correlated with the anti-anxiety scores. In the oak forest, female participants can perceive more anxiety alleviation than male participants. For university students, forest bathing in our study can promote their study interest. Forest bathing can be more effective to alleviate the anxiety of young adults with greater weight. The birch forest was recommended to be visited by students to alleviate the pressure of employment worry, and the oak forest was recommended to be visited by girls. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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