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Environmental influences on psychological restoration
Author(s) -
HARTIG TERRY,
BÖÖK ANDERS,
GARVILL JÖRGEN,
OLSSON TOMMY,
GÄRLING TOMMY
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1996.tb00670.x
Subject(s) - psychology , stressor , arousal , differential effects , cognitive psychology , natural (archaeology) , environmental stress , psychological stress , psychological research , social psychology , clinical psychology , ecology , medicine , archaeology , biology , history
Research on psychological restoration and restorative environments is a needed complement to work on stress and environmental stressors. Two laboratory experiments tested the utility of two restorative environments theories, one concerned with directed attention capacity renewal and the other with stress reduction and associated changes in emotion. Various strategies were employed to distinguish restorative effects from other effects, to limit the role of arousal reduction in attentional restoration, and to begin mapping the time course for the emergence of outcomes. Both experiments tested for differential emotional and performance effects as a function of photographic environmental simulation (natural or urban environment). Across the experiments the natural environment simulation engendered generally more positive emotional self‐reports. That consistent performance effects were not found in either study suggests that attentional restoration as reflected in performance is a more time‐intensive process.