Psychological effects of forest environments on healthy adults: Shinrin-yoku (forest-air bathing, walking) as a possible method of stress reduction

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-63

  Morita, E ^a   Fukuda, S ^a   Nagano, J ^b   Hamajima, N ^c   Yamamoto, H ^d   Iwai, Y ^a   Nakashima, T ^e   Ohira, H ^f   Shirakawa, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forest environment; Leisure activity; Psychosocial stress; Relaxation; Shinrin yoku; Therapeutic landscapes

Indexed keywords

FOREST; HEALTH IMPACT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSE OF PLACE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BOREDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FOREST; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; LANDSCAPE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RATING SCALE; RELAXATION TRAINING; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOLUNTEER; WALKING;

ADULT; AFFECT; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RELAXATION; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREES; WALKING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33845983318     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.05.024     Document Type: Article

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