Assessment of Display and Events of Agro-Healing Experience Center for Visitors Satisfaction and Revisit Intention:

Yoo

Kim

et al. 2020

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Background and objective: This study investigated plant type and color preference and conducted a psychological assessment for gardening activities of firefighters in a high-risk occupational group. Methods: A survey was conducted on 117 firefighters aged 39.01±9.17 in Sunchang in March 2020 to examine their preferences in plant type and color and conduct a psychological assessment of firefighters on gardening activities. Results: For plant experience and awareness, plant-related event showed the highest score, followed by plant preference tendency and plant growing experience. The level of plant gardening activities was higher among older age and higher job position. As a result of examining the quality of life according to the demographic characteristic with WHOQOL-BREF (World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment Instrument), it was found that the quality of life was higher among the 20s-30s than 50s, firefighter position than fire lieutenant or higher, those with higher average monthly income, and the singles group than married (p < .05). The administration group showed lower scores than the fire suppression group working in the field, showing statistical significance. Most firefighters showed high preference for herbal plants among the 12 types of flowering plants, in the order of Rosmarinus officinalis〉Lavandula spp.〉Mentha piperita, Calendula officinalis. Pelargonium spp. was preferred the least out of the flowering plants, Lycopersicon esculentum was preferred the most out of 12 types of vegetable plants, while Angelica acutiloba was preferred the least statistical significance. For the preference of plant colors, yellow was the most preferred color, followed by white, blue, orange, red, and green, showing statistical significance. For the psychological survey responses of emotion words toward 6 plants colors, it was found that 'bright' was the emotion felt most strongly by the white, yellow, and orange groups, 'calm' and 'comfortable' by the green and blue groups, and 'fancy' by the red group. Conclusion:The effect of agro-healing programs can be increased by using mostly yellow plants when creating indoor healing gardens at the workplaces of fire officials in a high-risk occupational group, and using herbal plants and Lycopersicon esculentum in the gardens for agro-healing activities.

Section: Plant Experience and Awareness According To The Level Of Plant Gardening Activitiessupporting

confidence: 88%

Analysis of Plant Type and Color Preference and Psychological Assessment for Gardening Activities of Firefighters

Yoo

Kim

et al. 2020

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“…In addition, the results of this study that there were a positive correlation between positive affectivity and plant cultivation activity level or attention restoration, and a negative correlation between negative affectivity and them were similar to the results of and Jang et al (2019). Note.…”

Section: Differences In Visitors' Loyalty Depending On Their Demograpsupporting

confidence: 87%

“…Differences in the positive and negative affectivity of healing garden visitors between their academic back-ground, occupation and average monthly income were analyzed, but there was no statistically significant difference between the groups of healing garden groups (data not shown). Jang et al (2019) analyzed changes in the emotional state of visitors who experienced agro-healing at the 2018 Changwon Agricultural Technology Exhibition and reported that those in their 20s-30s who experience difficulties such as job seeking and marriage showed a high level of negative affectivity such as tension, depression and fatigue, which is similar to the results of this study that the positive affectivity of those in their 20s-30s was lower than other age groups.…”

Section: Korean-version Positive and Negative Affect Schedulesupporting

confidence: 82%

The Role of Visitor’s Positive Emotions on Satisfaction and Loyalty with the Perception of Perceived Restorative Environment of Healing Garden

Jeong

Kim

et al. 2020

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Background and objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of visitors'positive emotions on satisfaction and loyalty with the perception of restorative environment of a healing garden created in an urban agriculture expo. Methods: The psychological indicators to the images of the healing garden were analyzed by the visitors' demographic variables and the three factors of plant cultivation activity level: plant cultivation experience, plant preference, and plant-related event. Results: Between age groups and occupational groups, significant differences were found statistically. The Perceived Restorativeness Scale(PRS) showed significantly differences between age groups in repose, fascination and legibility. The Positive Affect & Negative Affect Schedule(PANAS) showed statistically significant differences between age groups in positive emotions. In addition, we investigated the correlation between the PANAS and the three factors of plant cultivation experience level, the four factors of the PRS, satisfaction and loyalty. The three factors of plant cultivation experience level, the four factors of the PRS, satisfaction and loyalty showed a positive correlation with positive emotions and were inversely correlated with negative emotions significantly. Multiple regression analysis with dummy variables was conducted to examine the effects of plant cultivation activity level, attention restoration, and the PANAS on healing garden visitors' satisfaction and loyalty. As a result, among the four factors of the PRS, fascination and positive affectivity were significant variables that affect healing garden visitors' satisfaction and loyalty. Conclusion: The results indicated that the higher the attention restoration of visitors due to the fascination of the healing garden and the higher their positive affectivity and the more they have plant-related memories, the higher their impact on healing garden visitors' satisfaction and loyalty. Therefore, fascinating natural environments or greenery landscapes like healing gardens where people can contact plants would reduce negative emotions such as anger and sadness but to increase positive emotions such as pleasure, joy and satisfaction.

“…The landscape using flowering plants using adjacent colors, analogous colors, and complementary contrasts may have given different impressions to different age groups (image not provided). This result is supported byJang et al (2019) who discovered in a survey of visitors in an agro-healing experience center with gardens that the 'coherence' factor including 'This place is too crowded' and 'This place is very disorganized' scored lower among the 60s and older than among 20-50s. However, although not statistically significant, respondents in their 60s or older showed higher scores in all three factors such as 'repose' including 'Being here takes me away from the exhausting reality (3.79 ± 0.96)', 'fascination' including 'This place has fascinating features (3.85 ± 1.09)', and 'legibility' including 'This place is intelligibly organized (3.26 ± 1.03)' compared to respondents in their 40s or younger.…”

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confidence: 64%

The Influence of Saemangeum Reclaimed Landscape Colors on Perceived Restorativeness and Revisit Intention

Seo

Kang

et al. 2022

Background and objective: This study was conducted to find out the effects of Saemangeum reclaimed landscape colors on perceived restorativeness and revisit intention.Methods: A survey was conducted on 120 general respondents, and the responses from 112 respondents were analyzed, except 8 inappropriate responses. The average age of all respondents was 48.60 ± 12.99.Results: Regarding psychological indicators for Saemangeum reclaimed landscape images, this study analyzed the demographic variables of the visitors by four factors of the Perceived Restorativeness Scale (PRS). The result showed that there were statistical significance in age, education, average monthly income, and occupation. The correlation analysis showed that there was a positive correlation between satisfaction and preference in the Saemangeum reclaimed landscape, four factors of PRS, and loyalty showed positive correlations and had statistical significance. As for the preference in Saemangeum reclaimed landscape colors, purple was the most preferred among the eight colors. For the question about satisfaction and loyalty to the Saemangeum reclaimed landscape, more than 87% of respondents responded 'Agree' and 'Strongly agree.' Moreover, a regression analysis including dummy variables was conducted to identify the influence of satisfaction, preference, PRS, and demographic variables (control variables) of visitors. The results showed that preference and fascination among the four factors of PRS had a positive effect on loyalty to the Saemangeum reclaimed landscape. In contrast, the age 20 - 29 (<i>β</i> = -.29, <i>p</i> < .05) had a significant negative effect on loyalty. In other words, higher attention restoration due to preference and 'fascination' and age older than 29 resulted in higher loyalty to the Saemangeum reclaimed landscape. Meanwhile, gender, education, and occupation did not affect the preference.Conclusion: In conclusion, this study identified that the Saemangeum reclaimed landscape affects positive emotions such as 'fascination' and landscape preferences of visitors, and thus would be useful for increasing the revisit intention of visitors.