Back to nature? Attention restoration theory and the restorative effects of nature contact in prison

Moran, Dominique

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.03.005

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“…This lack of a need to renew depleted resources may have led those participants to dislike their simulation experience rather than enjoy it as a restorative respite. Similarly, some populations, such as prisoners, may find that simulations only remind them of constraints they cannot escape; they may resent the simulations rather than appreciate them (Moran, 2019 ).…”

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An Actual Natural Setting Improves Mood Better Than Its Virtual Counterpart: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental Data

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Accumulating evidence indicates that simulated natural settings can engage mechanisms that promote health. Simulations offer alternatives to actual natural settings for populations unable to travel outdoors safely; however, few studies have contrasted the effects of simulations of natural settings to their actual outdoor counterparts. We compared the impacts of simulated and actual natural settings on positive and negative affect (mood) levels using a pooled sample of participants enrolled in extant experimental studies. Relevant articles were identified from a review of research published/in press by March 2020 and updated during the peer review of the current study. Of 16 articles identified, 6 met the inclusion criteria and administered a single cross-cutting, standardized instrument [the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)] before and after exposure. Random effects meta-analysis of pooled effects showed that positive affect increased in the actual settings but not in their simulated counterparts (Hedge's g = 0.87; 95% CI, 0.54, 1.20). We observed little difference in effects on negative affect change scores (g = −0.28; 95% CI, −0.62, 0.06), with studies generally showing reductions in negative affect in both settings. Further research with additional populations, settings, antecedent conditions, and durations would provide a more robust understanding of differences in effects between these two ways to enhance mood by viewing nature.

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“…Nature represents a release from the built environment, as the inmate craves freedom (Abbott, 1981). Recent reforms in prison rehabilitation, including theories such as "attention restoration" have included an emphasis on outdoor access or outdoor simulation as key components in producing the shift from punitive models to more progressive ones having low rates of recidivism as their goal (Moran & Turner, 2019).…”

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“…Nature has always been seen as therapeutic within health and psychiatric care (Moran & Turner, 2019). The Kirkbride model of the nineteenth century viewed access to daylight and fresh air as essential for mental health.…”

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“…Freud posited that memory loss in these situations was active, not passive, in that "forgetting is often intentional and desired" (Forty & Kuchler, 1999, p. 5). But the control and surveillance models of prison design have resisted the inclusion of nature due to the prospects of shrubs and other landscaping becoming hiding places (Moran & Turner, 2019).…”

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Prison as Home: Characteristics of Control within General Prison and Solitary Confinement Environments

Galford

2021

Journal of Interior Design

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The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore stakeholder' perspectives of control within general correctional and solitary confinement environments with findings focused on trust, sound, views to nature, routine, and time. Research was conducted at two medium security prisons in a large US state with male inmates. Using a survey methodology, interviews occurred with 10 inmates, 10 correctional officers, two superintendents, one staff psychologist, one nurse, and two correctional design architects. Observations and photography followed while visiting and leaving the prisons. Using grounded theory as a data analysis tool identified the themes of trust, views to nature, sound, time, and routine viewed through the overarching premise of control. Incongruence between rehabilitation and punitive environmental goals were found. Correctional officers who emphasized fear and trust valued visual surveillance despite its ability to lead to austere indoor and outdoor spaces. Inmates craved outdoor views along with personal possessions as these items established a more meaningful passage of time. Sound, as noted by the correctional architects, was not designed as a rehabilitative tool, but instead was used to denote impending attacks. And routine, so valued by inmates, was often taken away as a form of control. Implications suggest that the US prisons observed in this study exemplified control, dominance, and punishment. Future prison design should embrace the rehabilitative and healing strategies used in European models to help lower rates of recidivism which are problematic in the American prison system.

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“…More recently, Moran (2019) has shown that both access to green spaces and views of large images of nature produce therapeutic effects amongst prisoners. Taking a lead from Moore (1981) and Moran (2019), we interrogate the significance of a sea view from a prison cell in the context of therapeutic landscape, health and wellbeing.…”

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Serving Time with a Sea View: The Prison Cell and Healthy Blue Space

2020

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Back to nature? Attention restoration theory and the restorative effects of nature contact in prison

Cited by 58 publications

References 26 publications

An Actual Natural Setting Improves Mood Better Than Its Virtual Counterpart: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental Data

An Actual Natural Setting Improves Mood Better Than Its Virtual Counterpart: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental Data

Prison as Home: Characteristics of Control within General Prison and Solitary Confinement Environments

Serving Time with a Sea View: The Prison Cell and Healthy Blue Space

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