Analysis for psychology in a forest environment : Semantic differential method in the experimental forest of recreational function

Oishi, Yoshihiko; Hiyane, Akira; Taguchi, Harutaka; Hiroshi, Murai

doi:10.20659/jjfp.23.0_33

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“…These results show that in unmanaged forests, thinning can improve forest environments, which can improve users’ impressions and evaluations of forests. This consideration has been supported by several previous studies [ 40 , 42 , 43 , 45 , 48 , 49 ], which have reported that forest management results in higher (brighter, more preferable) evaluations because forest management brings a sense of ease to users; therefore, the results of this study can be interpreted as being consistent with previous studies. In addition, a previous study reported that traits of restorative environments could be improved by conducting forest management [ 66 ].…”

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“…The following studies have assessed the relationship between people’s evaluations of forests and forest management methods could be helpful. Buhyoff and Leuschner [ 40 ] showed that forest favorability ratings decreased suddenly and sharply when damage from pinewood nematodes exceeded 10%; Takahashi et al [ 41 ] suggested that people’s evaluations of forests vary depending on the mixes of hardwood and softwood; and Oishi et al [ 42 ], Takayama et al [ 43 ], and Takayama et al [ 44 ] reported on the relationship between people’s assessments of the comfort of forest environments and tree density. Other researchers have also investigated the effects of types and numbers of trees, tree density, planting patterns, presence or absence of fallen trees, and other factors on people’s evaluations of landscape beauty.…”

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Management Effectiveness of a Secondary Coniferous Forest for Landscape Appreciation and Psychological Restoration

Takayama

Fujiwara

Saito

et al. 2017

IJERPH

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We investigated the influence of forest management on landscape appreciation and psychological restoration in on-site settings by exposing respondents to an unmanaged, dense coniferous (crowding) forest and a managed (thinned) coniferous forest; we set the two experimental settings in the forests of the Fuji Iyashinomoroi Woodland Study Center. The respondents were individually exposed to both settings while sitting for 15 min and were required to answer three questionnaires to analyze the psychological restorative effects before and after the experiment (feeling (the Profile of Mood States), affect (the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule), and subjective restorativeness (the Restorative Outcome Scale). To compare landscape appreciation, they were required to answer another two questionnaires only after the experiment, for scene appreciation (the semantic differential scale) and for the restorative properties of each environment (the Perceived Restorativeness Scale). Finally, we obtained these findings: (1) the respondents evaluated each forest environment highly differently and evaluated the thinned forest setting more positively; (2) the respondents’ impressions of the two physical environments did not appear to be accurately reflected in their evaluations; (3) forest environments have potential restorative effects whether or not they are managed, but these effects can be partially enhanced by managing the forests.

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Management Effectiveness of a Secondary Coniferous Forest for Landscape Appreciation and Psychological Restoration

Takayama

Fujiwara

Saito

et al. 2017

IJERPH

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“…Thus, visitors with different attributes have different needs in terms of their choice of trails, and from the perspective of their preferences, visitor landscapes are different. This study shows the same results as previous research [20,32,33,35,45,47].…”

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“…In reality, visitors to forest parks are numerous and complex, and some authors believe that visitors' backgrounds will give rise to different landscape preferences [30,31]. To clarify the preferences of different visitors for forest landscapes, researchers have begun to focus on the landscape preferences and behavioral characteristics of visitors with different attributes [20,[32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48]. Most of these studies have focused on the visual experiences of tourists [49], but they have often overlooked the question of whether a visitor's route to an attraction was reasonable or whether that visitor chose a walking route to the attraction based on visitors' selection preferences.…”

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Analyzing Visitors’ Preferences and Evaluation of Satisfaction Based on Different Attributes, with Forest Trails in the Akasawa National Recreational Forest, Central Japan

Zhang

Meng

et al. 2019

Forests

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For forest park managers and designers, it is very important to provide forest trails and high–quality forest landscapes that meet visitor’s needs. In this study, based on demographic characteristics, our main purpose is to analyze whether the preferences of visitors for different trails differ, and to discuss whether forest park visitors’ satisfaction is affected when preferences for choosing trails change, mainly in order to improve knowledge about visitors’ needs for forest walking spaces. Through this analysis, we can aid in the planning and management of forest parks to improve visitors’ experiences. We mainly consider five attributes, namely, sex, age, number of visitors, number of visits and duration of stay in the park, in a questionnaire, and use the Kruskal–Wallis Test and Mann–Whitney U Test to analyze multigroup data in “SPSS for Windows”. The results are as follows: (1) Visitors with different attributes exhibit significant differences in terms of their choices of forest trails and the evaluation of visitor satisfaction in the duration of stay. (2) The correlation analysis showed that trail condition factors, such as the degree of difficulty and facility status, affect the satisfaction evaluation of tourists on many levels. In addition, the number of visits by visitors is negatively correlated with the preference for a forest trail based on recreational indicators. (3) Compared to visitors who stay in the forest for a short amount of time, visitors who remain in the forest for longer have a higher satisfaction level. Based on these results, we recommend that parks consider the number of visits (visiting experience) and the duration of stays in the forest when planning walking routes to more effectively plan forest park trails.

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“…Other studies have assessed the relationship between forest management methods and public evaluation. For instance, Buhyoff and Leuschner (1978) reported that favorability ratings for forests decreased sharply after the pinewood nematode caused damage to more than 10%; Takahashi et al (2006) suggested that preferences vary depending on the mix of tree types and the proportion of hardwood and softwood; and Oishi et al (1994), Takayama et al (2009), and investigated the relationship between tree density and the comfortability of the forest environment. Several investigators have studied the effects of the types and numbers of trees, tree density, the presence or absence of fallen trees, and planting patterns on the evaluation of landscape beauty, among other parameters.…”

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The effect of slight thinning of managed coniferous forest on landscape appreciation and psychological restoration

Takayama

Saito

Fujiwara

et al. 2017

Prog Earth Planet Sci

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We investigated the influence of slight thinning (percentage of woods: 16.6%, basal area: 9.3%) on landscape appreciation and the psychological restorative effect of an on-site setting by exposing respondents to an ordinarily managed coniferous woodland. The experiments were conducted in an experimental plot in the same coniferous woodland in May (unthinned) and October 2013 (thinned). The respondents were the same 15 individuals for both experiments. Respondents were individually exposed to the enclosed plot and the forest-view plot within the same tent for 15 min. In both sessions, respondents were required to answer three questionnaires measuring their mood (Profile of Mood States), emotion (Positive and Negative Affect Schedule), and feeling of restoration (Restorative Outcome Scale) to investigate the psychological restorative effect before and after the experiment. They completed two other questionnaires measuring appreciation for the environment (Semantic Differential) and the restorative properties of the environment (Perceived Restorativeness Scale) following the experiments. We first analyzed the difference in landscape appreciation between the unthinned and thinned conditions. We did not find any statistical difference in appreciation for the environment (Semantic Differential) or the restorative properties of the environment (Perceived Restorativeness Scale); rather, we found that weather conditions had a primary influence on landscape appreciation. With respect to the psychological restorative effect, a two-way repeated analysis of valiance (ANOVA) revealed significant main effects for a selection of indices, depending on the presence or absence of thinning. However, multiple comparison analyses revealed that these effects seemed to be due to the difference in the experimental experience rather than the presence or absence of thinning. In conclusion, the effect of the slight thinning of the managed coniferous forest was too weak to be reflected in the respondents' landscape appreciation or to exert a psychological restorative effect. Therefore, planners should consider stronger thinning as it is unlikely to result in serious damage to users' appreciation and may increase their landscape appreciation of coniferous woodland and enhance its psychological restorative effect.

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Analysis for psychology in a forest environment : Semantic differential method in the experimental forest of recreational function

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Management Effectiveness of a Secondary Coniferous Forest for Landscape Appreciation and Psychological Restoration

Management Effectiveness of a Secondary Coniferous Forest for Landscape Appreciation and Psychological Restoration

Analyzing Visitors’ Preferences and Evaluation of Satisfaction Based on Different Attributes, with Forest Trails in the Akasawa National Recreational Forest, Central Japan

The effect of slight thinning of managed coniferous forest on landscape appreciation and psychological restoration

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