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{"title":"Locally sourced: Bringing local natural environments to a neurorehabilitation ward with virtual reality. A feasibility randomised controlled trial on the impact on psychological distress","authors":"Michael Francis Norwood ,&nbsp;Jayke Bennett ,&nbsp;Chelsea Hannah Marsh ,&nbsp;Susan Jones ,&nbsp;Leslie Gan ,&nbsp;Izak Hollins ,&nbsp;Ali Lakhani ,&nbsp;Olivia McAnirlin ,&nbsp;Matthew H.E.M. Browning ,&nbsp;Louise Gustafsson","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102634","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102634","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) can result in significant psychological distress; depression, stress, and anxiety, are greatly increased following even a mild ABI. The current approach to healthcare design can contribute to these poor outcomes, and there is a need for alternative rehabilitation environments. The natural environment is well-established as having a positive impact on psychological distress. However, the evidence for beneficial effects of nature on psychological distress following ABI specifically is limited, and access to nature is challenging during hospital-based rehabilitation. One solution to accessing nature is virtual reality. This study aims to establish the feasibility, and explore the effects, of immersive virtual nature exposure on the psychological distress of people in hospital-based rehabilitation following an ABI. Video content in nature videos is rarely purpose-built with local environments, despite the potential benefits. Our videos include a selection of scenes from 3 local geographic locations. A single centre, non-blinded, crossover (4-week total) quasi-randomised controlled trial (RCT) feasibility study was undertaken. We found virtual access to local natural spaces during inpatient rehabilitation is feasible, with very low levels of motion sickness and simulator sickness, and high levels of enjoyment. Further, virtual nature may be efficacious in reducing symptoms of psychological distress for people who have experienced a brain injury. The local, familiar places in the study appeared to contribute to the experience; theoretical implications that arose from our use of local, familiar natural places are discussed, as are improvements in the feasibility of the design which could inform a full randomised controlled trial. The findings support the inclusion of nature in rehabilitation from brain injury, delivered virtually, as a method of reducing psychological distress.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"105 ","pages":"Article 102634"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144185177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of rural public spaces on place attachment in older adults","authors":"Yu Xia,&nbsp;Wei Wei,&nbsp;Wanjing Chen,&nbsp;Xiaoxia Wen,&nbsp;Chuying Chen,&nbsp;Chongxian Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102633","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102633","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 102633"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144169233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Climate change and health risk perception in India: A replication of the climate change risk perception model","authors":"Aishwarya Iyer,&nbsp;K. Alphonsa Jose","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102626","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102626","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Behavioral science insights into attitudinal antecedents of climate change risk perception in India are limited. Addressing the lack of nationally diverse samples in environmental psychology research, this study replicates the climate change risk perception model (CCRPM, van der Linden, 2015) in the Indian context. In a nationally comparable sample (N = 749), participants were measured on sociodemographic, cognitive, experiential, and socio-cultural factors associated with climate risk perception. Results of hierarchical regression analyses found that the CCRPM explained 32.85 % of climate change risk perception. Confirmatory factor analysis outcomes empirically support a two-factor structure of risk perception, personal, and societal/generalized in the Indian context. Moreover, the CCRPM explains limited (19.5 %) variance in perceptions of health risks associated with climate change. Experiential factors (such as affect, and personal experience) and prescriptive norms were strongly associated with climate change and health risk perception in India. Highlighting the vulnerabilities associated with health and climate change may prove essential to communicating climate change risks in India.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 102626"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144169232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The relationship between nature exposures and attention restoration, as moderated by exposure duration: A systematic review and meta-analysis","authors":"Cameron N. Bell,&nbsp;Rebecca St George,&nbsp;Cynthia Honan,&nbsp;Lachlan J. Bell,&nbsp;Alex T.W. Jolly,&nbsp;Allison Matthews","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102632","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102632","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Much prior research suggests that exposure to natural environments is associated with improved cognitive performance, in comparison to non-natural exposures. However, the presence and size of such nature benefits are inconsistent. This meta-analysis aimed to determine the influence of nature exposure duration, a likely moderating factor, on cognitive performance change. In total, 273 individual outcomes from 80 studies were included in correlated hierarchical effects (CHE) multilevel meta-analyses. When analysing all cognitive outcomes, the average performance improvement was larger for nature exposures compared to non-natural comparators. Of 11 cognitive domains identified in the literature, Working Memory and Attentional Control were the only domains to show reliable nature benefits. However, subgroup analysis suggested that effect size differences between cognitive domains may not be significant. Meta-regressions indicated exposure duration significantly moderated natural/non-natural differences in restoration in a non-linear relationship, though the shape and significance of this relationship within each cognitive domain was not consistent. Nature benefits were generally larger for participants who underwent cognitive fatigue, but other experimental design variations did not produce meaningful differences in effects. Overall, effects sizes were small and heterogeneity was substantial. The largest difference in cognitive restoration between natural/non-natural exposures appears to occur after approximately 30 min of environmental exposure.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 102632"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144134726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effectiveness of nature-based interventions in combating PTSD: A meta-analysis and systematic review","authors":"Murat Genç ,&nbsp;Ozden Yalçınkaya Alkar","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102627","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102627","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Post-traumatic stress disorder is generally characterized by the totality of problematic behaviours that occur after exposure to one or more events with a traumatic effect. Different treatment techniques have been developed in the field of psychology for a long time for the treatment of this disorder, which creates a significant expenditure burden for the health system. Nature-based interventions, which are a relatively new approach, have recently been more frequently preferred in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. In this systematic review and meta-analysis study, it was aimed to examine the effect of nature-based interventions on post-traumatic stress disorder. Data were searched in Cochrane Library (CENTRAL), Pubmed, Web of Science (WOS), Scopus, CINAHL (EBSCOhost), Proquest databases in English and YÖKTEZ database in Turkish. The last scanning process for all databases was performed on March 03, 2024. 13 experimental studies conducted with a total of 1022 people were included in the meta-analysis. “Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Critical Appraisal Checklist” was used to evaluate the risk of bias of the studies and to conduct the quality study. On the other hand, while Standardized mean difference (SMD) was used to determine the effect size of the study, its heterogeneity was evaluated according to the <em>I</em>^<em>2</em> test. Five different methods were used in the process of evaluating publication bias. In addition, moderator analysis and sensitivity analyses were performed. As a result of the analyses, it was found that nature-based interventions moderately and negatively affected posttraumatic stress symptoms (SMD = −0.558; 95 % CI = −0.678 to −0.437; p = 0.000). Considering the heterogeneity value (<em>I</em>^<em>2</em> = 27.469 %), fixed effect model was used to calculate the effect size since it might to be important level. According to the moderator analysis in which the variable of nature-based intervention techniques (Fishing Activities, Hiking Activities, Recreational Activities) was considered, no significant difference was found between nature-based intervention techniques. It was concluded that nature-based interventions provided significant welfare by moderately reducing the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and that it is a reliable treatment technique that can be preferred by clinicians working in this field.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 102627"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144154763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of natural sound tempo and social conditions on social Interaction: An interactive virtual experiment","authors":"Xiaochao Chen,&nbsp;Jian Kang","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102630","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102630","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although natural sounds are widely known to positively affect human well-being, the influence of natural sound tempo, a potentially significant factor in shaping emotional and behavioral responses, remains underexplored within environmental psychology. This study examines the impact of the tempo of natural sounds on individuals' willingness for social interaction using a virtual site tour approach. Scenarios were created in Unity 3D, incorporating environmental sounds like birdsong and water fountains typically found in urban parks. Participants freely explored the simulated site and interacted with non-player characters, with their behaviors recorded. Their personal social condition, evaluations of the sound environment, and willingness for social interaction were assessed through questionnaires. This study found that faster water sound tempos significantly increased the willingness for social interaction among individuals with medium to high levels of personal social condition. However, changes in birdsong tempo had no significant effect on social interaction willingness. Participants with higher levels of social condition showed over 11 % greater willingness for social interaction and more positive evaluations of the sound environment. These findings highlight the role of sound tempo in influencing social behaviors, which may contribute to the development of environmental psychology and offer practical insights for urban soundscape design.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 102630"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144116269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of color correlated temperature and illuminance levels of office lighting on stress and cognitive restoration","authors":"Mohamad Awada ,&nbsp;Burcin Becerik Gerber ,&nbsp;Gale M. Lucas ,&nbsp;Shawn C. Roll","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102628","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102628","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In modern workplaces, the well-being and productivity of employees are increasingly recognized as essential for organizational success. This study explores the impact of lighting interventions—specifically, Correlated Color Temperature (CCT) and illumination intensity—on stress and cognitive function restoration among office workers. A between-subjects experimental design involving 100 participants assessed the effects of various lighting conditions on stress responses and cognitive performance after exposure to stress-inducing and cognitive fatigue tasks. Five experimental conditions were studied: 100 lux &amp; 7000 K, 100 lux &amp; 3000 K, 1000 lux &amp; 7000 K, 1000 lux &amp; 3000 K, and a baseline condition of 500 lux at 3700 K. Results indicated that lighting conditions significantly influence both physiological stress markers (such as skin conductance level and heart rate) and cognitive performance. Specifically, warm, and dimmed lighting (3000 K, 100 lux) effectively reduced stress markers and perceived stress levels, aligning with theories suggesting the calming effects of warmer white light tones. Conversely, cooler lighting (7000 K) was associated with enhanced cognitive performance and reduced cognitive fatigue, potentially due to its similarity to natural daylight, stimulating an alert state conducive to mental tasks. These findings suggest that lighting interventions offer a non-intrusive strategy to improve well-being and productivity in office environments, particularly addressing acute symptoms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 102628"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144106874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Identifying qualities and amenities associated with subjective cognitive restoration and improved affect in urban parks","authors":"Kathryn E. Schertz ,&nbsp;Kimberly L. Meidenbauer ,&nbsp;Tiara R. Freeman ,&nbsp;Isabella M. Santiago ,&nbsp;Elizabeth A. Janey ,&nbsp;Kathryn Gehrke ,&nbsp;Anya L. Samtani ,&nbsp;Andrew J. Stier ,&nbsp;Marc G. Berman","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102624","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102624","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although visiting a park is usually considered to be a ‘nature experience’, not all city parks are natural environments. Additionally, parks differ in the affordances they offer in terms of amenities and other characteristics. In this pre-registered, cross-sectional study we asked participants (N = 303, Chicago, USA residents) to visit several city parks over the course of two weeks (N_obs = 1234). While visiting, they rated naturalness, safety, maintenance, and noisiness, and completed the Perceived Restoration Scale. They also reported on their momentary affect, subjective cognitive restoration, and preference for the park. Using both theory-driven and data-driven approaches, we found that all these qualities were related to affective and cognitive outcomes. Additionally, we found that when participants visited a park they had been to before, compatibility between activities they reported wanting to do in the park and the amenities offered by the park predicted preference, but this relationship did not hold when participants visited a park they hadn't been to before. Overall, this study highlights the need to integrate approaches from both environmental psychology and leisure studies to generate more holistic and comprehensive recommendations for urban greening planning and policy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 102624"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144106875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Role of indoor environmental attributes on creativity: A systematic review","authors":"Jee Heon Rhee ,&nbsp;So Yeon Park ,&nbsp;Gisung Han ,&nbsp;Brian Schermer ,&nbsp;Kyung Hoon Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102622","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102622","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In response to the increasing time spent by people indoors, there is a growing interest in fostering creativity within indoor environments. Previous reviews of the link between indoor environments and creativity have relied on studies employing subjective assessments and interviews rather than objective task-based evaluations. A systematic review of 46 experiments from 34 empirical articles was undertaken to examine an array of indoor environmental attributes, such as nature, window views, furniture, space layout, sound, color, lighting, indoor air quality, and socio-spatial relationships, in this context. We aimed to elucidate their impact on both divergent and convergent thinking, gauged through task performance and survey responses. Our extensive review of empirical findings showed inconclusive results of the relationship between indoor environmental attributes and creativity. Furthermore, we found evidence that particular attributes of indoor environments may exclusively influence either divergent or convergent thinking creativity, with no concurrent effects on both. To advance our understanding of how indoor environmental attributes influence creativity, future research should employ sophisticated experimental designs with objective, task-based measurements to investigate both individual and combined effects—including varied exposure amounts, durations, modalities, and long-term effects—to enhance the reliability and comparability of findings.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 102622"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144116268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Associations Among green space exposure, brain, and mental health and cognition in the Adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study","authors":"Jia Liu ,&nbsp;Yumeng Yang ,&nbsp;Tianjiao Kong ,&nbsp;Ran Liu ,&nbsp;Liang Luo","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102625","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102625","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Urban green space exposure (GSE) benefits mental health and cognition; however, the underlying neural mechanisms in children, a population especially sensitive to environmental influences, remain unclear.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This cross-sectional study analyzed baseline data from the ABCD study, involving 9-10-year-old children across 21 U.S. sites. GSE included nine indicators, such as Normalized Difference Vegetation Index and tree canopy. Brain structure (BS) and white matter microstructure (WMM) were assessed using MRI. Group Factor Analysis (GFA) was conducted to identify patterns linking GSE with brain metrics. Mental health was evaluated via internalizing and externalizing T-scores, while cognition was assessed using fluid and crystallized intelligence scores.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The study included 8430 participants with BS data and 8161 with WMM data. BSGFA 1, associated with higher GSE, positively correlated with surface area, cortical volume, subcortical volume, and most cortical thickness indicators. It predicted lower internalizing (<em>β</em> = −0.08, <em>p</em> &lt; 0.001, 95 % CI, −0.13 to −0.04) and externalizing problems (<em>β</em> = −0.10, <em>p</em> &lt; 0.001, 95 % CI, −0.15 to −0.06), and greater crystallized intelligence (<em>β</em> = 0.12, <em>p</em> &lt; 0.001, 95 % CI, 0.08 to 0.17). WGFA 1, linked to greater GSE, was positively correlated with fractional anisotropy and negatively with mean diffusivity. It predicted lower externalizing problems (<em>β</em> = −0.04, <em>p</em> = 0.01, 95 % CI, −0.06 to −0.01) and improved fluid (<em>β</em> = 0.14, <em>p</em> &lt; 0.001, 95 % CI, 0.11 to 0.17) and crystallized intelligence (<em>β</em> = 0.04, <em>p</em> = 0.01, 95 % CI, 0.01 to 0.06). Forest-related WGFA 2 was negatively associated with fractional anisotropy and fluid intelligence (<em>β</em> = −0.10, <em>p</em> &lt; 0.001, 95 % CI, −0.15 to −0.06).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>This study highlights the benefits of urban GSE on children's brain development, mental health, and cognitive function. Notably, forest-related GSE exhibited distinct effects compared to urban green spaces, suggesting that the type and characteristics of green spaces matter significantly. Future research should investigate the long-term impacts of different types of GSE to inform urban designs supporting mental health and cognition.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 102625"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144070799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}