Horticultural therapy is a horticultural activity using flower and plants as mediators to achieve the therapeutic treatment benefits, and consists of both passive activities and active activities as essential elements. Therefore, this study was conducted to classify the types of activity used for horticultural therapy by surveying 301 university students from March 7 to August 28, 2017 about their knowledge and preference for horticultural therapy activities. As a result of the questionnaire, 94.0% of student participants answered that they have heard about horticulture. But only 48.8% of participants had knowledge of horticultural therapy and there is still a lot of insufficiency in recognition of horticultural therapy. However, after taught what the horticultural therapy is, 55.6% of participants showed positive willingness to participate in horticulture therapy activities. Next, comparison analysis was made by investigating preliminary research papers and factor analysis was performed by examining the preference of the participants for 28 types of selected horticultural therapy activities. Finally, after analyzing characteristics of factors, this study proposes six categories of activities such as "Indoor gardening", "Outdoor gardening", "Crafts and Cooking", "Directly feeling nature", "Indirectly sharing nature", and "Nature learning and collecting" to be used as major factors in horticulture therapy. In the limitation of this research, these preferences may differ depending on the age and occupation of the subjects, so in the future study, additional research will be necessary.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the applicability of rational emotive behavior therapy(REBT) technique to the horticultural activity program as a method of reducing irrational beliefs and job-seeking stress, and improving career maturity through the change of irrational beliefs. The subjects were 30 university students with irrational beliefs, 15 of them in the control group and 15 in the experimental group. The horticultural therapy program was carried out in total 10 sessions once a week for one and a half hours. For irrational beliefs, the experimental group showed a significant decrease (p=.002) in the total score after the program, but the control group showed an insignificant change (p=.529). Total job-seeking stress score was decreased significantly in the experimental group (p=.002) after the program, whereas it was increased in the control group (p=.023). For the career maturity, the experimental group showed a significant increase (p=.008) in the total score, whereas the control group showed a significant decrease (p=.028). Therefore, it can be found that REBT applied horticultural activity programs are helpful for reducing irrational beliefs and job-seeking stress and improving career maturity for young adults.
This study analyzes the appraisal procedure for government purchasing of privately-owned forests in Korea, in terms of current status, existing procedures, and appraisal cases. The method is a widely conducted instrument of national forest expansion policy. For the purchase status, the purchase targets of private forests, unit price, and purchase records are analyzed. The purchase procedure is to analyze the process from the sale agreement submission of the owner to the transfer of ownership after completion of sales. The appraisal cases analyze the appraisal results according to the actual purchase of private forests. Three of the procedure’s most problematic aspects are identified: The selection of appraisal companies, the failure to include the value of standing trees, and ambiguities in appraisal criteria. The study suggests some ways of improving the continuing implementation of the national forest expansion program through ongoing purchases of privately-owned forests. Firstly, the selection process for appraisal companies needs to be improved by independent third-party institutions or a competitive bidding system. Secondly, since forests are classified into standing trees and forest land, these two categories need to be appraised separately rather than together, as is often currently the case. Thirdly, since appraisal factors are currently based primarily on appraisers’ subjective experience and knowledge, there is a need both for developing more objective appraisal criteria as well as for improving the training of appraisers themselves, to increase their level of expertise and ensure greater objectivity in forest appraisal.
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