“It's like a different world”: Natural places, post-secondary students, and mental health

Windhorst, Eric; Williams, Allison

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.06.002

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“…That might be the reason why they are not became fully immersed in such settings to perceive more psychologically and physically aspects of being away from daily responsibilities. Support to this explanation is, when students were asked to visit a natural place that they believe to be beneficial for their mental health development, they visited a separate natural place from the context of their everyday campus to relief from daily concerns (Windhorst and Williams 2015). Recreational visits on campus open spaces would not give students shift attention away from 'hard fascination' experiences that associated with campus structure such as lectures, busy course schedules, assignments, exams and so on (Seitz et al 2014).…”

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“…This dimension may be a desired quality of open spaces for people who are living in cities (Peschardt and Stigsdotter 2013). The result of separation and solitude by Windhorst and Williams (2015) demonstrated that for experience of better mental health, university students preferred to visit separate natural places from the context of campus to remove themselves from social environment of campus life.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In human nature interaction, it explained that people first sought simple objects and experience of 'culture' found to be important only when people began to explore the environments for symbolic values ; Stigsdotter et al (2017). Although, the study by Windhorst and Williams (2015) highlighted the importance of cultural features in visitation to natural places for university students mental health development, the effect was not found in open spaces inside campus. The restorative potential of 'refuge' quality is that this dimension offer sitting in privacy (Peschardt and Stigsdotter 2013;Stigsdotter et al 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Investigation into University Students Restoration Experience: The Effects of Perceived Sensory Dimension and Perceived Restorativeness

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2017

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Salutogenic landscape with its health-promoting qualities is a solution for ever-increasing problem of stress for university students as a vulnerable group. Based on nature related theories, natural environments could have a salutary effect on psychological restoration through stress alleviation. There is a body of research on investigating the impact of open green space characteristics for increasing of psychological restoration through framework of attention restoration theory and supportive environment theory. However, there is little knowledge on how the interaction among these characteristics could promote perceived restoration experience (PRE). To address this problem, using perceived sensory dimension (PSD) for open green space qualities and Perceived Restorativeness (PR) as properties of restorative environments, this study assessed the extent to which the PSD and PR impact on PRE. Using 444 screened data, the mediation effect of PR on the association of PSD to PRE is shown as well as the validity and reliability of proposed relationships. 'Serene', 'space', 'prospect', 'rich in species' and 'nature' were the most influential PSDs on PRE through their higher effect on perceived characteristics of 'fascination' and 'compatibility'. These results provide information within landscape architecture and planning to promote the development of open spaces as resources for psychological restoration and stress relief.

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Investigation into University Students Restoration Experience: The Effects of Perceived Sensory Dimension and Perceived Restorativeness

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2017

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“…This notion is supported by the study conducted by Lee and Ralston (2003), which installed recycling bins in each room of a hotel, claiming that both the bin and sign were effective in increasing the volume of recycled items [56]. The background graphic for the second sign-"It's Easy Being Green" was initially a rainforest with sunlight shining through leaves; imagery associated with nature, the natural environment and a sense of calm [57]. This was changed to a picture of a green tree frog and is a play on the famous song by Kermit the Frog-"It's Not Easy Being Green".…”

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Getting Wasted at WOMADelaide: The Effect of Signage on Waste Disposal

2017

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Abstract:In recent years, there has been a rise in environmental consciousness and community awareness of waste disposal issues. However, discrepancies remain between people's attitude and their behavior regarding waste disposal and recycling; commonly known as the "attitude behavior gap". This study was designed to aid in bridging this gap by exploring how signage, incorporating psychological principles and effective sign design, can encourage people to correctly dispose of their unwanted materials. The utilization of festivals, mass gatherings and events as spaces to test the impact of pro-environmental messaging on behavior is an emerging field of research. This study investigated the role of signage in aiding attendees of the world music festival WOMADelaide to correctly dispose of their unwanted materials. To complement and support the three-bin system utilized by the waste contractors for the event, four signs were developed and tested in the catering area. These signs included a baseline sign, as well as three motivational signs containing graphics and messages, based on different theoretical positions or psychological principles. The results gained from analyzing the concealed camera footage indicated that the bins under the three motivational signs elicited a greater number of deposits. However, the waste was no better sorted than those located under the baseline sign. The findings of this study support previous research into the "attitude behavior gap" and highlight areas for future research into signage in a festival setting.

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“…Systems analysis and process data, obtain psychological test results. Finally, counselors view psychological test results, and send warning messages to students with psychological problems [7,8]. This module features have the convenient for students to keep abreast of their own mental health status, help students discover their own potential problems as quickly as possible, counselors can grasp students' psychological development better and solve the problem as soon.…”

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Design on Mental Health Information System

Hu¹

2015

Proceedings of the 2015 4th International Conference on Computer, Mechatronics, Control and Electronic Engineering

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The traditional mental health information lack of management tools and platforms, it is not suit the needs of information age management. This paper design a software system to support system development. First, design the software architecture composed by data presentation layer, application layer, business logic layer , data access layer and data persistence layer; Then, design the software system work flow and its main function; Finally, using flowcharts do detailed design as psychological testing. According to the designed development software, can enable the mental health information management electronic, standardization and facilitation, has an important role in improving management efficiency, reduce management costs and improve service quality and other aspects.

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“It's like a different world”: Natural places, post-secondary students, and mental health

Cited by 62 publications

References 45 publications

Investigation into University Students Restoration Experience: The Effects of Perceived Sensory Dimension and Perceived Restorativeness

Investigation into University Students Restoration Experience: The Effects of Perceived Sensory Dimension and Perceived Restorativeness

Getting Wasted at WOMADelaide: The Effect of Signage on Waste Disposal

Design on Mental Health Information System

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