Restorative effects of viewing real forest landscapes, based on a comparison with urban landscapes
Restorative effects of viewing real forest landscapes, based on a comparison with urban landscapes
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DOI：
10.1080/02827580902903341
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发表时间：
2009-01-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Miyazaki, Yoshifumi
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作者：
Lee, Juyoung;Park, Bum-Jin;Miyazaki, Yoshifumi
人们越来越重视森林等自然环境对增进健康或治疗的影响，迫切需要一种循证方法。然而，这一领域缺乏循证研究。在本研究中，通过比较城市景观的恢复效果，通过野外实验验证了观看真实森林景观的恢复效果。12名20多岁的日本男性受试者参加了为期3天的野外实验。受试者被指示随机参观森林和城市环境，并观看每一处真实的风景。每个受试者的生理和心理数据每天收集四次。被试在森林中的反应与在城市环境中的反应有显著差异。在观察(1)唾液皮质醇浓度(应激反应指数)、(2)舒张压和(3)脉搏频率后，森林环境的数值明显低于城市环境。此外，与城市景观相比，受试者在观看森林景观时感觉更舒适、更舒缓、更清新。这些发现支持这样的观点，即真实的森林景观可能会缓解压力，帮助自主神经系统放松，增加积极的情绪，并为森林引导的健康益处提供重要的科学证据。
Growing attention has been paid to the health-enhancing or therapeutic effects of natural environments, such as forests, and the requirement for an evidence-based approach has been pressing. However, there is a lack of evidence-based research in this field. In this study, the restorative effects of viewing real forest landscapes were examined through field experiments by comparing the effects of urban landscapes. Twelve Japanese male subjects in their twenties participated in a 3 day field experiment. The subjects were instructed to visit forest and urban environments randomly and to view each real landscape. Physiological and psychological data on each subject were collected four times a day. Significant differences between the responses of the subjects in forest compared with those in the urban environment were found. Forest environments had significantly lower values than urban environments after viewing in (1) salivary cortisol concentration (an index of stress response), (2) diastolic blood pressure, and (3) pulse rate. Further, subjects felt more comfortable, soothed and refreshed when viewing a forest landscape than an urban one. These findings support the idea that real forest landscapes may ameliorate stress, aid autonomic nervous system relaxation and increase positive emotion, and provide important scientific evidence of forest-guided health benefits.