Associations among perceived built environment, attitudes, walking behavior, and physical and mental state of college students during COVID-19

Liu, Meng; Zhao, Shengchuan; Li, Jingyao

doi:10.1016/j.tbs.2022.04.003

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“…This suggests that the occurrence of anxiety and depression was not an isolated case, but a common phenomenon, which is similar to the findings of Wang et al [27]. For this kind of student, mental health targeted psychological counseling [49] and the organization of appropriate sports activities [48] are needed to prevent the further deterioration of their mental health.…”

Section: Psychological Statesupporting

confidence: 82%

“…As a special group, college students, who are in the transition period from campus to society, are more generally prone to psychological problems [47]. Studies have shown that the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant negative impact on students' physical and mental states [48]. When college students encounter public health emergencies, society, families, and colleges need to pay close attention to their mental health state, as well as provide timely psychological counseling to cope with the problems [49].…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Psychological State and Subjective Environmental Perception of College Students Residing in Dormitories during Quarantine: A Case Study

Mao

Tang

et al. 2023

Buildings

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Quarantine is one of the effective approaches to control the spread of COVID-19. However, prolonged isolation may harm the health of residents, especially students, who are quarantined in dormitories. This study surveyed students’ behaviors, living environment, and psychological state through an online questionnaire. The results showed that during the isolation period, the participants’ discomfort mainly came from high temperatures, high humidity, loud sounds, and dark lighting. Moreover, about half of the students experienced severe anxiety or depression, with poor sleep and an unclear mind being the most common problems. Additionally, this study focused on exploring the correlations between environmental perceptions and the psychological state of isolated students, that were identified to be significant. Furthermore, as isolation time was prolonged, the psychological state of isolated students worsened, and the most significant factor changed from thermal sensations to acoustic sensations. Interestingly, the psychological state of males was worse than females, and they were more easily affected by their thermal and acoustic environments. Therefore, keeping the environment comfortable has a positive influence on maintaining the good psychological condition of people in isolation. This study can provide suggestions for the improvement of indoor environments and for the mental health of people in isolation and in other similar situations.

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Section: Psychological Statesupporting

confidence: 82%

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychological State and Subjective Environmental Perception of College Students Residing in Dormitories during Quarantine: A Case Study

Mao

Tang

et al. 2023

Buildings

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Granié et al (2013) found that individuals who enjoy walking tend to walk for longer durations. M. Liu et al (2022) found that walking attitudes influenced perceived built environments and were positively associated with walking behavior. Therefore, in order to analyze the association with walking, it is necessary to examine not only the built environment but also individual attitudes toward health.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Correlation Between Neighborhood Built Environment and Leisure Walking Time Around a Riverside Park

Gong,

Kim

2023

HERD

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Objectives: This study aimed to investigate whether the distance to a riverside park and the neighborhood built environment are related to individuals’ leisure walking time by examining the case of the Geumho riverside park in Daegu, South Korea. Background: Walking, being an inexpensive means of transportation with numerous health benefits, is influenced by the conditions of neighborhood built environments. Methods: A survey was conducted from October 12 to November 8, 2022, including 184 adults aged 18 years or older. The dependent variable was the total weekly minutes of leisure walking, and the independent variables included the neighborhood built environment measured objectively using geographic information systems as well as demographic/individual characteristics and health attitude data. Analysis of variance was conducted to determine whether leisure walking time differed depending on the distance to the riverside park, and regression analysis was conducted to examine the association between leisure walking time and the neighborhood built environment. Results: Individuals living within a quarter-mile of the park walked an average of 155 min per week for leisure, which was significantly more than those living further than 1 mile (mean = 85.14 min/week). Moreover, greater access to the park, higher crosswalk density, and a lower road density were associated with more leisure walking time for residents. Conclusions: The findings of this study indicate that good access to riverside parks and pedestrian-centered neighborhood environments may be related to leisure walking among residents. These findings hold significance for urban planning and the formulation of public health policies.

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“…Since university campuses embrace a high population density of students, walking is considered the convenient and common means of transport, especially for students [5]. Walking is a daily activity on a campus where students move for short distances from one place to another [6], which can be recognized as a social, physical, or recreational activity [6], [7], [8], [9]. Walking provides the interaction experience with the surrounding environment [10].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Is Mosul University Campus Comfortable for Walking?

Dabdoob¹

2023

(AREJ)

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Universities worldwide are essential institutions to upgrade society. Recently, the University of Mosul underwent certain circumstances after the 2003 and 2016 times of wars that varied among urban expansion, renovation, and rebuild some affected or demolished buildings, roads, walkways, and sidewalks. Hereupon, this research aims at measuring students´ comfort walking. This research contributes by advocating mobility network development on the main Campus. Six components involved with comfort walking were addressed namely: personal preferences, connectivity, accessibility, safety, convenience, and attractiveness. The study focused on the main Campus. Qualitative and quantitative approaches were adopted in data collection and analysis including observation, photography techniques, and questionnaire survey.The sample of the study subjected the students who usually walk on the Campus. The findings reveal that the Campus generally gives the students a comfortable walking experience. Particularly, there is an agreement on connectivity aspects, moderate evaluation for accessibility aspects, agreement to some extent with safety aspects, moderate evaluation for convenience aspects, as well as attractiveness aspects. Besides, the findings indicate a requirement for further improvements especially in providing transportation services in the University for long distances, improving the physical elements, services, and facilities, which need more maintenance.

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Associations among perceived built environment, attitudes, walking behavior, and physical and mental state of college students during COVID-19

Cited by 21 publications

References 50 publications

Psychological State and Subjective Environmental Perception of College Students Residing in Dormitories during Quarantine: A Case Study

Psychological State and Subjective Environmental Perception of College Students Residing in Dormitories during Quarantine: A Case Study

Correlation Between Neighborhood Built Environment and Leisure Walking Time Around a Riverside Park

Is Mosul University Campus Comfortable for Walking?

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