Changing the “Meaning of Place” Within a Hospital: The Impact of Establishing an Art Gallery on Esthetic Experience, Restorativeness, Affective Commitment, and Work Engagement of Healthcare Personnel

IF 5.2 2区心理学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Environment and Behavior Pub Date : 2024-08-12 DOI:10.1177/00139165241270613

Fabrizio Scrima, Marcello Nonnis, Alessandro Lorenzo Mura, Elena Foddai, Liliane Rioux, Ferdinando Fornara

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Abstract

For a long time, care environments have been characterized as "inhuman," with their place meaning linked to illness and suffering. This study aims to analyze the shift in the meaning of the hospital space, investigating the impact of a permanent art gallery in a hospital's Gynecology Department on employees' well-being. Employing a quasi-experimental design, a final sample of 116 hospital employees (81 in the control group and 74 in the experimental group) completed self-report measures before and after the installation. Three self-report measurements were conducted at approximately 45-day intervals. The intervention resulted in an immediate increase in aesthetic experience, confirming an emotional involvement. Additionally, the art gallery demonstrated delayed positive effects on restorativeness after 45 days, positively affecting affective commitment and work engagement. These findings highlight the potential of art interventions in healthcare settings to enhance employees' well-being, suggesting implications for organizational design and employee satisfaction.

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改变医院内的 "场所意义"：建立艺术画廊对医护人员审美体验、修复能力、情感承诺和工作投入的影响

长期以来，护理环境一直被定性为 "非人道"，其场所意义与疾病和痛苦联系在一起。本研究旨在分析医院空间意义的转变，调查在医院妇科设立永久性艺术画廊对员工幸福感的影响。本研究采用准实验设计，最终抽样调查了 116 名医院员工（81 名对照组员工和 74 名实验组员工），他们在艺术馆安装前后完成了自我报告测量。每隔大约 45 天进行三次自我报告测量。干预措施立即增加了审美体验，证实了情感参与。此外，在 45 天后，艺术画廊对恢复能力产生了延迟的积极影响，对情感承诺和工作投入产生了积极影响。这些研究结果凸显了在医疗机构中进行艺术干预以提高员工幸福感的潜力，并对组织设计和员工满意度产生了影响。

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期刊介绍： Environment & Behavior is an interdisciplinary journal designed to report rigorous experimental and theoretical work focusing on the influence of the physical environment on human behavior at the individual, group, and institutional levels.