Emotional, restorative and vitalizing effects of forest and urban environments at four sites in Japan

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 7207-7230

  Takayama, Norimasa ^a   Korpela, Kalevi ^b   Lee, Juyoung ^c   Morikawa, Takeshi ^a   Tsunetsugu, Yuko ^a   Park, Bum Jin ^d   Li, Qing ^e   Tyrväinen, Liisa ^f   Miyazaki, Yoshifumi ^g   Kagawa, Takahide ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c Korea Forest Service   (South Korea)

^d Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^e NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^f FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emotion; Forest bathing (Shinrin yoku); Psychological outcome; Restorativeness; Vitalization

Indexed keywords

MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; WALKING;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FOREST; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; JAPANESE CEDAR; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OAK; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; QUERCUS ACUTISSIMA; QUERCUS SERRATA; RESTORATIVE OUTCOME SCALE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SUBJECTIVE VITALITY SCALE; URBAN AREA; VIEWING; WALKING; WELLBEING; ADULT; CITY; ENVIRONMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

JAPAN;

ADULT; CITIES; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENT; FORESTS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904334799     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110707207     Document Type: Article

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