Houses of Worship as Restorative Environments
Houses of Worship as Restorative Environments
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DOI：
10.1177/0013916508328610
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发表时间：
2010-07-01
影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
Koenigs, Angela M.
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作者：
Herzog, Thomas R.;Ouellette, Pierre;Koenigs, Angela M.
这项关于参观礼拜堂的恢复益处的研究基于 781 名参与者的问卷调查。对访问动机的因素分析得出了五个因素，其中三个因素与之前的研究相匹配（灵性、美丽和外出），另外两个因素是新的（沉思和义务）。对礼拜堂活动的因素分析得出了四个因素，其梯度大致对应于有组织的宗教活动的程度：仪式、传统活动、祈求和非宗教活动。灵性和请求（寻求帮助或宽恕）是积极结果的最强预测因素，而非宗教活动则预测消极结果。结果支持并扩展了注意力恢复理论。他们表明，礼拜堂可以为满足灵性动机和询问的认知活动提供兼容的环境，这有助于保存和恢复定向注意力以及促进冥想和反思。
This study of the restorative benefits of visiting a house of worship was based on questionnaire responses by 781 participants. Factor analysis of motivations for visiting yielded five factors, three of which matched those from a previous study (spirituality, beauty, and being away) and two new ones (contemplation and obligation). Factor analysis of activities at a house of worship yielded four factors along a gradient corresponding roughly to degree of organized religious practice: rituals, traditional activities, asking, and nonreligious activities. Spirituality and asking (for help or forgiveness) were the strongest predictors of positive outcomes, whereas nonreligious activities predicted negative outcomes. The results support and extend Attention Restoration Theory. They indicate that a house of worship can provide a compatible setting for satisfying a spirituality motive and for the cognitive activity of asking which can aid in conserving and restoring directed attention as well as fostering meditation and reflection.