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The effect of winter forest bathing on psychological relaxation of young Polish adults

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The impact of winter forest bathing on human psychological states was investigated in this study. Sixty-two participants were divided into two groups, each group was exposed to city forest or urban (control) environment for 15 minutes. The participants filled up four psychological questionnaires before and after exposure: the profile of mood states (POMS), the positive and negative affect schedule (PANAS), the subjective vitality scale (SVS), and restorative outcomes scale (ROS). The forest environment influenced the surveyed participants, causing a decrease in the negative subscales of POMS and an increase in the positive (vigor) subscale. Moreover, after exposure to the forest environment the participants had the highest scores of SVS, ROS, and a positive subscale of PANAS. This means that in conditions of Central Europe short winter interaction with forest had a substantial emotional, restorative, and vitalizing effect on the surveyed participants.

Forest environmentForest therapyLandscapePsychological traitsUrban environment

Bielinis, Ernest、Takayama, Norimasa、Boiko, Sergii、Omelan, Aneta、Bielinis, Lidia

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Univ Warmia & Mazury, Dept Forestry & Forest Ecol, Pl Lodzki 2, PL-10727 Olsztyn, Poland

Forestry & Forest Prod Res Inst Japan, Dept Forest Management, Environm Planning Lab, 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058687, Japan

Univ Warmia & Mazury, Dept Tourism Recreat & Ecol, Fac Environm Sci, Ul Oczapowskiego 5, PL-10719 Olsztyn, Poland

Fac Social Sci, Dept Gen Pedag, Ul Zolnierska 14, PL-10561 Olsztyn, Poland

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2018

10.1016/j.ufug.2017.12.006

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

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ISSN：1618-8667
年,卷(期)：2018.29
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