Effect of forest bathing on physiological and psychological responses in young Japanese male subjects
Effect of forest bathing on physiological and psychological responses in young Japanese male subjects
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DOI：
10.1016/j.puhe.2010.09.005
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发表时间：
2011-02-01
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影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
Miyazaki, Y.
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作者：
Lee, J.;Park, B. -J.;Miyazaki, Y.
目的：为了提供科学证据支持森林浴作为一种自然疗法的功效，通过调查其生理效益，在户外settings.Study设计：组内比较被用来检查暴露于真实的森林和城市environment.Methods的心理和生理反应：年轻的日本男性成年人参加了3天，2夜的现场实验。在真实的环境中测量了对森林和城市环境刺激的生理反应和自我报告的心理反应。每个指标的结果进行了比较，对每个环境stimulation.Results：心率变异性分析表明，森林环境显着增加副交感神经活动和显着抑制交感神经活动的参与者相比，城市环境。唾液皮质醇水平和脉搏率显着下降，在森林环境中相比，城市环境。在心理测试中，森林浴显着增加了积极的感觉和显着降低刺激后的消极情绪的分数与城市stimulation.Conclusion：从这个现场实验的生理数据提供了重要的科学证据森林浴的健康益处。研究结果支持森林浴对身心健康有积极影响的观点，表明森林浴可以有效促进健康。尽管这项研究的样本量很小，但观察到森林中积极的生理和心理结果的趋势非常明显。(C)2010年，皇家公共卫生学会。由爱思唯尔有限公司出版。保留所有权利。
Objective: To provide scientific evidence supporting the efficacy of forest bathing as a natural therapy by investigating its physiological benefits using biological indicators in outdoor settings.Study design: Within-group comparisons were used to examine psychological and physiological responses to exposure to real forest and urban environments.Methods: Young Japanese male adults participated in a 3-day, 2-night field experiment. Physiological responses as well as self-reported psychological responses to forest and urban environmental stimuli were measured in real settings. The results of each indicator were compared against each environmental stimulus.Results: Heart rate variability analysis indicated that the forest environment significantly increased parasympathetic nervous activity and significantly suppressed sympathetic activity of participants compared with the urban environment. Salivary cortisol level and pulse rate decreased markedly in the forest setting compared with the urban setting. In psychological tests, forest bathing significantly increased scores of positive feelings and significantly decreased scores of negative feelings after stimuli compared with the urban stimuli.Conclusion: Physiological data from this field experiment provide important scientific evidence on the health benefits of forest bathing. The results support the concept that forest bathing has positive effects on physical and mental health, indicating that it can be effective for health promotion. Despite the small sample size in this study, a very clear tendency towards positive physiological and psychological outcomes in forests was observed. (C) 2010 The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.