Open AccessHaving More Plants at Home During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Is It Just Following A Trend?
Author(s) -
Whisnu Febry Afrianto,
Rindang Diannita
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
jurnal biologi tropis/jurnal biologi tropis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2549-7863
pISSN - 1411-9587
DOI - 10.29303/jbt.v22i1.3245
Subject(s) - pandemic , social distance , social isolation , covid-19 , indonesian , population , test (biology) , socioeconomics , feeling , psychology , demography , geography , social psychology , sociology , medicine , biology , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychotherapist
The Covid-19 pandemic has drastically changed the social and environmental conditions. People should stay at home for self-isolation and social distancing to avoid the spread of Covid-19. People tend to have more plants at home associated with psychological impact during self-isolation. This study aimed to describe having more plants during the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia. A nationwide cross-sectional survey involving an online survey was carried out of an Indonesian population-based sample of 412 respondents from 26 provinces, considered demographic, social, and behavioral variables. The variable affecting the having plants during the Covid-19 pandemic was analyzed using non-parametric analysis of the Kruskal Wallis test. The result showed that people preferred having more plants during the Covid-19 pandemic to reduce negative emotions and feelings. The majority of the respondents tend to have 1-10 plants and spend around 0.05) for all characteristic respondents. Thus, it can be concluded that there was no significant difference regarding the motivation to have planted during the Covid-19 pandemic from characteristic respondents.