Form and color visual perception in green exercise: Positive effects on attention, mood, and self-esteem

Zhang, Danxuan; Jin, Xinhong; Wang, Luning; Jin, Yahong

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102028

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“…Exercising while indirectly interacting with nature may further promote mental health compared to exercising indoors. Participants of multiple interventions were indirectly exposed to nature while exercising through viewing pictures [ 76 ] or videos [ 77 , 78 ] of nature. In these studies, participants experienced greater pleasure [ 77 ], decreased mood disturbance [ 76 ], greater parasympathetic nervous system activity [ 79 ], and reported that the experience was calm and positive [ 78 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Participants of multiple interventions were indirectly exposed to nature while exercising through viewing pictures [ 76 ] or videos [ 77 , 78 ] of nature. In these studies, participants experienced greater pleasure [ 77 ], decreased mood disturbance [ 76 ], greater parasympathetic nervous system activity [ 79 ], and reported that the experience was calm and positive [ 78 ]. Compared to those who prefer exercising indoors, those who prefer outdoor exercise have exhibited greater attention and lower stress after looking at pictures of nature [ 80 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Interactions with Nature, Good for the Mind and Body: A Narrative Review

Stott,

Forde,

Sharma

et al. 2024

IJERPH

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Interacting with nature may promote mental and physical health. There are multiple ways to interact with nature: indirectly, incidentally, and intentionally. How these types of interactions with nature may be associated with mental and physical health status and health behaviors is unclear. The purpose of this narrative review is to (1) describe the relationship between interactions with nature (indirect, incidental, and intentional) and mental and physical health outcomes and behaviors, (2) identify gaps in the literature, and (3) provide recommendations for future research. Considerable evidence suggests that interacting with nature, indirectly and intentionally, is associated with improvements in mental health and physical exhibitions of mental status. Furthermore, intentionally interacting with nature is associated with engagement in physical activity and gardening is associated with fruit and vegetable consumption. Research suggests that incidentally interacting with nature may be associated with positive mental health status. More research is needed to understand the relationships between incidental interactions with nature and physical health status and behaviors; as well as among all types of interactions with nature and physical health disorders, sleep, and dietary behaviors.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Interactions with Nature, Good for the Mind and Body: A Narrative Review

Stott,

Forde,

Sharma

et al. 2024

IJERPH

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“…Conversely, vegetated landscapes were more effective than water landscapes in enhancing 'self-esteem', a finding exclusively noted in SES measurements. Zhang's research [97] suggested that visual stimuli from forest landscapes, particularly the green color and tree shapes, are influential in boosting self-esteem. This finding underscores the unique contribution of greenery in forest landscapes to self-esteem restoration.…”

Section: Psychological Effectsmentioning

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The Influence of Different Forest Landscapes on Physiological and Psychological Recovery

Shi,

Luo,

Wei

et al. 2024

Forests

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Previous studies have reported that exposure to forest landscapes has many benefits on human physiological and psychological health, as well as effectiveness in reducing stress and improving mood depending on different types of landscape. This study examined the effects of different types of forest landscapes for indirect visual experiences on the physical and mental health of college students (N = 33). Three types of landscape images were selected, in which forest landscapes included vegetated landscapes and water features, and as a control, we set up images of urban landscapes without natural elements. Physiological and psychological assessment was performed before the experiment for each student, followed by each student being exposed consecutively to nine landscape images for 3 min (each type) and assessed after each exposure. The results showed that both forest landscapes decreased stress (p < 0.05 for all) and improved mood and self-esteem (p < 0.01 for all). In contrast, water landscapes showed a slightly higher impact on physical and mental health than vegetated landscapes, but there was no significant difference. Conversely, only for self-esteem, the response after viewing vegetated landscapes (VL, SD = 29.06 ± 3.38) was better than after water views (WL, SD = 28.21 ± 2.48). Despite significant differences between the two types of forest landscapes not being found in our findings, the benefits of forest landscapes were observed through understanding the health-promoting capacities of different forest landscapes.

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“…In addition, visual perception and exposure to real-life natural environments offer additional mental health benefits when participating in physical activity [5]. Among all visual elements, color stands out as the initial element of visual perception, occupying 80% of the initial visual information when the viewer observes their surrounding environment.…”

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Emotional Landscapes in Urban Design: Analyzing Color Emotional Responses of the Elderly to Community Outdoor Spaces in Yi Jie Qu

Zhang,

Chen,

Dewancker

et al. 2024

Buildings

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Addressing the emotional needs of the elderly in urban space design has increasingly become a vital concern. This study innovatively integrates emotional theories with the design of community outdoor spaces, thereby expanding the research on emotional categorization in urban spaces. At 8 community outdoor space sites in Yi Jie Qu, China, 330 elderly residents were randomly recruited to assess their color emotional responses (CER) to the color landscapes of these spaces. Based on the Affective Circumplex Model and Japanese Color Image Theory, a Color Emotion Circumplex was constructed to visually represent the overall emotional tendencies and significant positive emotions of the elderly. The second innovation of this research lies in exploring the driving factors behind positive emotional responses of the elderly, the primary user group of community outdoor spaces. We analyzed the significant differences in CER between autumn and winter scenes, employing variance analysis, correlation, and regression to investigate the substantial effects of individual factors and color characteristics on positive CER. The study discovered that the elderly exhibit a stronger CER towards clean and healthy emotions. Notably, CER was more pronounced in autumn scenes compared to winter. Furthermore, educational level, visit frequency, and color brightness positively influenced positive CER, whereas walking time from residence and the color area ratios of blue and gray negatively impacted CER. These findings not only provide a theoretical basis for age-friendly color design in community spaces, but also offer new perspectives and practical guidance for the international community planning and design domain. Our research underscores the importance of incorporating the emotional needs of the elderly into urban space design, offering novel theoretical and practical guidance for future urban planning and community design.

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Form and color visual perception in green exercise: Positive effects on attention, mood, and self-esteem

Cited by 12 publications

References 53 publications

Interactions with Nature, Good for the Mind and Body: A Narrative Review

Interactions with Nature, Good for the Mind and Body: A Narrative Review

The Influence of Different Forest Landscapes on Physiological and Psychological Recovery

Emotional Landscapes in Urban Design: Analyzing Color Emotional Responses of the Elderly to Community Outdoor Spaces in Yi Jie Qu

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