Environmental Psychology: A Psycho-Social Introduction

Bonnes, Mirilia; Secchiaroli, Gianfranco

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“…The neighbourhood was taken as a unit of analysis of personenvironment transactions, conceptualised as the combination of both physical and psychological aspects (Bonnes & Secchiaroli, 1995;Stokols, 1987).…”

Section: Place Theory In Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Neighbourhood planning improvement: Physical attributes, cognitive and affective evaluation and activities in two neighbourhoods in Rome

Aiello

Ardone

Scopelliti

2010

Evaluation and Program Planning

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Section: Place Theory In Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Neighbourhood planning improvement: Physical attributes, cognitive and affective evaluation and activities in two neighbourhoods in Rome

Aiello

Ardone

Scopelliti

2010

Evaluation and Program Planning

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“…The theoretical framework for this study is based on the multi-place theory and the model of a prosocial hospital environment. According to the multi-place theory, each hospital can be considered as a system of sub-places that are associated with patients' goals and activities (Bonnes & Secchiaroli, 1995). This concept allows for better investigating of the multifaceted nature of hospitals (Fornara, 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

Impact of the hospital built environment on treatment satisfaction of psychiatric in-patients

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Background A hospital built environment can affect patients’ treatment satisfaction, which is, in turn, associated with crucial clinical outcomes. However, little research has explored which elements are specifically important for psychiatric in-patients. This study aims to identify which elements of the hospital environment are associated with higher patient satisfaction with psychiatric in-patient care. Methods The study was conducted in Italy and the United Kingdom. Data was collected through hospital visits and patient interviews. All hospitals were assessed for general characteristics, aspects specific to psychiatry (patient safety, mixed/single-sex wards, smoking on/off wards), and quality of hospital environment. Patients’ treatment satisfaction was assessed using the Client Assessment of Treatment Scale (CAT). Multi-level modelling was used to explore the role of environment in predicting the CAT scores adjusted for age, gender, education, diagnosis, and formal status. Results The study included 18 psychiatric hospitals (7 in Italy and 11 in the United Kingdom) and 2130 patients. Healthcare systems in these countries share key characteristics (e.g. National Health Service, care organised on a geographical basis) and differ in policy regulation and governance. Two elements were associated with higher patient treatment satisfaction: being hospitalised on a mixed-sex ward (p = 0.003) and the availability of rooms to meet family off wards (p = 0.020). Conclusions As hospitals are among the most expensive facilities to build, their design should be guided by research evidence. Two design features can potentially improve patient satisfaction: family rooms off wards and mixed-sex wards. This evidence should be considered when designing or renovating psychiatric facilities.

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“…To interpret the behavioural relationship between the individual (user), the lit environment of a public square and the behavioural outcome in terms of social interaction we employ a framework, that suggests a dynamic interplay between people and their every-day environmental settings. 20 With this perspective a behaviour is viewed in its socio-physical and temporal context. In any given setting physical aspects are closely linked to social ones, also giving spatiotemporal patterns to the occurrences of behaviours.…”

Section: A Transactional-contextual Frameworkmentioning

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“…20 Furthermore physical aspects (limits, spatial arrangement and characteristics including lighting condition) may either facilitate or impede behaviours depending on the individual's appraisal of the setting. 20 We propose a socio-physical conceptual model (Figure 1) which shows the transactional relationship between the individual (with personal traits, abilities and needs), the environmental setting (with social and physical characteristics including lighting condition), the environmental appraisal (including cognitive interpretative and evaluative processes), perceived qualities (access, reassurance, comfort, pleasure and sociability), and the behavioural outcome (social interaction). The configuration of the model departs from Stokols' modes of human environment transactions; the interpretive, the evaluative, the responsive and the operative mode.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…inhabitants of each neighbourhood would hypothetically perform the same activities and social interaction as part of their daily life rhythm. 20 Sampling in each square was performed on six days, two week-days and one weekend-day. Sampling sessions were scheduled in the afternoon at 16.15 to 17.00 and in the early evening at 17.30 to 18.15.…”

Section: Data Collectionmentioning

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Social interaction in local public squares after dark

Hennig

Fotios

Gentile

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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This paper explores social interaction in local public squares under different lighting conditions. At its best public squares are social spaces that engender a sense of belonging, increase the quality of life and wellbeing of individuals. It is proposed that outdoor lighting would be essential to the use of the public realm after dark, but empirical results regarding lighting conditions and social aspects of life in public squares are limited. Based on a socio-physical conceptual model of the transactional relationship of the user, the lit environment and the behavioural outcome, this study investigated active social interaction in daylight compared to after dark. A field study was conducted in two local public squares in Malmö, Sweden. The occurrences of which visitors were being alone, in pairs, or in groups of three or more (N=2522), and verbal or non-verbal interaction amongst those in company of another person were recorded. The lit appearance of the two squares after dark, was assessed with HDR-photography and photometric measurements; portraying dissimilar spatial, spectral and intensity characteristics. The results of social interaction show dissimilar patterns of the two squares; an increase in social interaction in EL after dark was observed in one of the squares, while a decrease in the afternoon and no significant difference was displayed in the evening after dark in the other square. It is suggested that lighting may sustain patterns of social interaction after dark, however it might be, that the company of another is especially important after dark.

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Environmental Psychology: A Psycho-Social Introduction

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Neighbourhood planning improvement: Physical attributes, cognitive and affective evaluation and activities in two neighbourhoods in Rome

Neighbourhood planning improvement: Physical attributes, cognitive and affective evaluation and activities in two neighbourhoods in Rome

Impact of the hospital built environment on treatment satisfaction of psychiatric in-patients

Social interaction in local public squares after dark

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