The influence of urban natural and built environments on physiological and psychological measures of stress--a pilot study.
The influence of urban natural and built environments on physiological and psychological measures of stress--a pilot study.
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DOI：
10.3390/ijerph10041250
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发表时间：
2013-03-26
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通讯作者：
Hanes D
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作者：
Beil K;Hanes D
环境塑造健康和福祉，但很少有研究调查不同的现实世界环境设置如何影响众所周知的健康决定因素，即压力。采用交叉实验设计；这项试点研究调查了四种城市环境对生理和心理压力测量的影响。参与者 (N = 15) 在不同的日子里暴露在四种环境中的一种环境中 20 分钟。这些设置被指定为“非常自然”；大部分是自然的；大部分建成和非常建成。对四种环境的探视顺序是单独随机的。唾液皮质醇和α-淀粉酶；以及自我报告的压力测量；在暴露于每种环境之前和之后收集。性别作为变量纳入分析；收集有关环境自我认同、预先存在的压力和感知的环境恢复性的额外数据作为协方差的度量。环境设置之间的差异表明，相对于建筑环境，接触自然环境的好处更大；通过唾液淀粉酶和自我报告的压力的前后变化来衡量；女性的差异比男性更显着。在回归分析中纳入协变量证明了感知恢复性对这些压力测量的显着预测价值，表明了某种潜在的中介水平。这些数据表明，暴露于自然环境可能值得进一步研究，作为减轻压力的健康促进方法。
Environments shape health and well-being, yet little research has investigated how different real-world environmental settings influence the well-known determinant of health known as stress. Using a cross-over experimental design; this pilot study investigated the effect of four urban environments on physiological and psychological stress measures. Participants (N = 15) were exposed on separate days to one of the four settings for 20 min. These settings were designated as Very Natural; Mostly Natural; Mostly Built and Very Built. Visitation order to the four settings was individually randomized. Salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase; as well as self-report measures of stress; were collected before and after exposure to each setting. Gender was included as a variable in analysis; and additional data about environmental self-identity, pre-existing stress, and perceived restorativeness of settings were collected as measures of covariance. Differences between environmental settings showed greater benefit from exposure to natural settings relative to built settings; as measured by pre-to-post changes in salivary amylase and self-reported stress; differences were more significant for females than for males. Inclusion of covariates in a regression analysis demonstrated significant predictive value of perceived restorativeness on these stress measures, suggesting some potential level of mediation. These data suggest that exposure to natural environments may warrant further investigation as a health promotion method for reducing stress.
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